Re: Postgres encyrption export

There were similar discussions for mozilla and linux. I don't know more
than what's in the articles. Perhaps there are people in the know on this
list. Hope this is not too irrelevant.

http://hecker.org/mozilla/eccn
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7311
http://www.bakernet.com/ecommerce/usencryption.doc

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Tom Dong wrote:

> I am still searching for information on the internet about Postgres
> Export review by US Commerce department.
>
> I did see an early email posted on POstgres mailing list about ECCN
> number of Postgres and saw the response debating if Postgres should be
> considered a US product. But I did not see any conclusion to that
> question, namely if POstgres has an ECCN number and if Postgres is a US
> product.
>
> Thanks!
> tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Eisentraut [mailto:peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 4:03 PM
> To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Cc: Tom Dong
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Postgres encyrption export
>
> Tom Dong wrote:
>> We are wondering whether there has been US Commerce Department review
>> of the Postgres application for export.
>
> The Debian project submits all software it distributes to said
> department, so one can be fairly assured that they have heard of
> PostgreSQL, but how that affects what you are distributing I'm not
> sure.
>
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> Peter Eisentraut
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Regards,

Ben K.
Developer
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