Hello! I'm studying to start a package for AllJoyn[1], a network middleware created by Qualcomm which is now hosted by the Linux Foundation. In general terms, this middleware is licensed under the Internet Software Consortium (ISC) terms, which seems to be good in terms of Debian Policy. However, I have found this notice within git repository [2]: ---8<--- Notice of Export Control Law ============================ Cryptographic software is subject to the US government export control and economic sanctions laws (“US export laws”) including the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security’s (“BIS”) Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”, 15 CFR 730 et seq., http://www.bis.doc.gov/). You may also be subject to US export laws, including the requirements of license exception TSU in accordance with part 740.13(e) of the EAR. Softwareand/or technical data subject to the US export laws may not be directly or indirectly exported, reexported, transferred, or released (“exported”) to US embargoed or sanctioned destinations currently including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria, but any amendments to this list shall apply. In addition, software and/or technical data may not be exported to any entity barred by the US government from participating in export activities. Denied persons or entities include those listed on BIS’s Denied Persons and Entities Lists, and the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals List. The country in which you are currently located may have restrictions on the import, possession, use of encryption software. You are responsible for compliance with the laws where You are located. --->8--- Sounds me like a non-free clause. I have had a look at [3] but I'm not sure if actually is the same case, so I doubt if I could follow the procedure explained there. Is this a non-free clause or we have similar cases in the past? Many thanks, cleto. [1]: https://www.alljoyn.org [2]: https://git.allseenalliance.org/cgit/core/alljoyn.git/tree/README.md [3]: https://www.debian.org/legal/cryptoinmain
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