From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 4 15:55:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71DC216A400 for ; Thu, 4 May 2006 15:55:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD35A43D46 for ; Thu, 4 May 2006 15:55:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from localhost (monrovll-cuda1-24-53-251-44.pittpa.adelphia.net [24.53.251.44]) (AUTH: LOGIN wmoran, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Thu, 04 May 2006 11:55:22 -0400 id 00056405.445A23EB.00009ABB Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 11:55:20 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Bethan Phillips Message-Id: <20060504115520.6bf85c39.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: exportcontrols@UK.EY.COM, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DCSSI Authorisation for Free BSD Software X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 15:55:25 -0000 Bethan Phillips wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > We are working with our client Reuters to help them comply with EU and US > export control regulation. In this regard, Reuters have some Free BSD v4.1 > software, which they are sending to France. A declaration or authorisation > may be needed for this software for import into, use in, supply in, or > export from France. Can you please advice us if FreeBSD have obtained a > French encryption authorisation for the above mentioned software from the > DCSSI? > > If this is the case we would be grateful if you could provide us with a > copy of this authorisation, as Reuters will need this to export this > product to/from France, and the DCSSI does not supply this information to > third parties. I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advise. However: http://www.fr.freebsd.org/ The site is actually _hosted_in_ France. Thus you are wasting your time. There is no need to export the software at all, it's already in France. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com