Re: Inquire about ECCN for Debian GNU/Linux and how to deal with revised EAR
HI,
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 09:57:00PM +0900, Ikeda.Yuichi@cj.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
...
> I think that past similar questions may be from the same reason.
> I have been checked almost all related e-mails and websites.
...
> On the USExportControl website (https://wiki.debian.org/USExportControl),
That is my writing ;-)
> it has been described "may be" covered under ECCN 5D002.
> This cannot treat as our confirmation,
That's intentional. We are developers. We can't be liable for the
legal decision. Debian doesn't sell OS, too.
> so I had to ask a duplicate question as a procedure.
> Is it still "may be"? Are there more clearly description?
It will be "may be" forever unless your company or someone else sponsor
the legal fees and cover liability insurances etc...
FYI: Toshiba, Hitachi, Renesas and Siemens are part of
https://www.cip-project.org/ (A part of Linux Foundation)
These people should have dealt this question in corporate
environment ... I mean how to handle legal issues of using Linux
platform.
You may wish to talk to those companies and people how they handles
this type of question.
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