On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Farhat, Sam (GE Aviation, US) <samgeorge.farhat@xxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for clearing that up. > Online search was conflicting, some pages with emails indicated there is encryption code in libgcj, in this link: https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-02/msg00051.html > > Is that incorrect information? To the best of my knowledge, it is irrelevant. (Of course, you should not take actual legal advice from a random person on the Internet.) Ian > -----Original Message----- > From: iant@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:iant@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Lance Taylor > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 9:54 PM > To: Farhat, Sam (GE Aviation, US) > Cc: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: gcc Export Control ECCN number if covered under EAR > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Farhat, Sam (GE Aviation, US) <samgeorge.farhat@xxxxxx> wrote: >> >> What is the ECCN number for the following open source software: >> gcc-4.2.0 >> gdb-6.6 >> binutils-2.17 > > gcc is free software (described by the government as open source) and contain no cryptographic code. As such it does not require ECCN or CCATS numbers. > > Ian