Re: Question About Export Control of AbiWord

To the best of my knowledge, AbiWord does not include anything that
would be affected by US export control laws. The project is developed
by people both inside the USA and outside (largely the EU and
Australia). I don't know what you mean by "uses US technologies". It
certainly uses code that was developed by US citizens. It does not
contain any "encryption functions", unless you stretch its meaning to
include MD5 or CRC32 or something of that nature.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:17 AM, <mizoguchi-tetsuo@nst.hitachi-hitec.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Sir or Maddam
>
> I am Tetsuo Mizoguchi of Japan.
>
> I would like to know about export control of AbiWord2.6.3.
> Is AbiWord 2.63 the subject of the EAR(Export Administration Regulations),
> under which export of US products is controlled, even export from coutries
> other than the USA.
>
> In this sense, I think AbiWord2.6.3 is not the subjet of EAR, because it is
> developed outside the USA, distrbuted from outside the USA, and US
> technologies are not used.
> Is this right?
>
> Whatever the origin, AbiWord2.6.3 is a open soursce program, and basically,
> it is not subject of EAR. However, if it has an encryption function, it may
> be
> controlled under EAR.
> In this sense, does AbiWord2.6.3 has an encryption function?
>
> I would appreciate it if you would teach me.
>
> Yours sicerely
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Tetsuo Mizoguchi
> Assistant Manager of Export Control Dept.
> Hitachi High -Technologies Corp.
> 24- 14 Nish-Simbashi 1-chome Minato-ku
> Tokyo 105-8717
> Japan
> Tel. +81-3-3504-7674
> FAX. +81-3-3504-5123
> e-mail. mizoguchi-tetsuo@nst.hitachi-hitec.com
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