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Is it legal to ship a software developed in LabView outside of the USA? specifically the United Kingdom.
There is no problem in shipping the code as long as the software does not come under the restrictions
under U.S. law, where some software / hardware may contain certain encryption technologys.
These restrictions are provided and enforced by the Bureau of Industry
and Security, which defines specific export restrictions on goods,
software, and technologies.
This normaly covers things like routers, M.S Windows was on the list at one point and a few other software product from Adobe for example.
Now if only I hadn't eaten that 'one time pad' I used for my last secret message!!
See here if your interested: -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad
This normaly covers things like routers, M.S Windows was on the list at one point and a few other software product from Adobe for example.
Now if only I hadn't eaten that 'one time pad' I used for my last secret message!!
See here if your interested: -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad
The funny thing is that living in Europe you have quite less restrictions. You can basically ship whatever you want except certain technologies to some specific countries. I'm always amazed about the country of freedom and its willingness to restrict on that freedom for quite some questionable reasons.
@Conseils wrote:
There is no problem in shipping the code as long as the software does not come under the restrictions under U.S. law, where some software / hardware may contain certain encryption technologys. These restrictions are provided and enforced by the Bureau of Industry and Security, which defines specific export restrictions on goods, software, and technologies.
This normaly covers things like routers, M.S Windows was on the list at one point and a few other software product from Adobe for example.
Now if only I hadn't eaten that 'one time pad' I used for my last secret message!!
See here if your interested: -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad
I think Benjamin Franklin is quoted to have said: "people willing to trade their freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both"
Rolf Kalbermatter
Company I worked for last had over 10,000 people working over 3 continents.
Guess who the expert was? The only thing the lawyers knew was how not to get busted for filling in the tax forms incorrectly.
And just to demonstrate how wrong it can go, a company recently got busted in Japan for shipping the equivalent of an accurate micrometer to North Korea. They have offices on every continent and 10's of thousands of employees.
A week earlier they were unfortunate enought to have an agent supply equipment to Libya
"The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found a precision instrument at a nuclear facility in Libya"
By the way, just because they recipient is not paying for it has absolutely no bearing on the matter.
"The program in question is not beind sold in either country. You are probibly okay."
And finally there are / were restrictions on exporting to the UK, hence my quote about Microsoft, it's only recently Brits were allowed to upgrade from 40 bit security in Windows. The American security services never really got over Philby, Burges and Maclean.....despite their own skeletons.
Guess who the expert was?
The only thing the lawyers knew was how not to get busted for filling in the tax forms incorrectly.And just to demonstrate how wrong it can go, a company recently got busted in Japan for shipping the equivalent of an accurate micrometer to North Korea. They have offices on every continent and 10's of thousands of employees.
A week earlier they were unfortunate enought to have an agent supply equipment to Libya
"The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found a precision instrument at a nuclear facility in Libya"
By the way, just because they recipient is not paying for it has absolutely no bearing on the matter.
"The program in question is not beind sold in either country. You are probibly okay."
And finally there are / were restrictions on exporting to the UK, hence my quote about Microsoft, it's only recently Brits were allowed to upgrade from 40 bit security in Windows. The American security services never really got over Philby, Burges and Maclean.....despite their own skeletons.
http://www.microsoft.com/exporting/
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3.0 U.S. Export Regulations for Strong Encryption Products
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WHO SHOULD CONSULT THIS SECTION: System administrators and others who
anticipate deployment of strong encryption products outside the United
States or Canada, or within a corporate environment that extends
beyond United States or Canadian borders.
The product contains strong encryption features and is classified for
export from the United States under ECCN 5D002(c)(1). Export of strong
encryption products from the United States is regulated under "EI
controls" of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 CFR
730-744) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration (BXA).
Note: As of October 1999, the U.S. export regulations for strong
encryption are in the process of being amended. New regulations are
expected to permit the export of most strong encryption products to
end users in all but the U.S.(embargoed countries. Up-to-date
information about the exportability of Microsoft products is available
from the Exporting Microsoft Products Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/exporting/
For additional information about the new U.S. export regulations and
U.S. export laws in general, visit the following Web sites:
* The U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Encryption Export
Controls Web site at:
http://www.bxa.doc.gov/encryption/default.htm
* The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration
(BXA) Web site at: http://www.bxa.doc.gov/
* The U.S. Export Administration Regulations Online (15 CFR
730-744) Web site at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/bxa/
Note:Web addresses can change, so you may be unable to
connect to the Web sites mentioned here.
