Imposing sanctions is quite complex and cant be detailed in a simple paragraph. In the case of Zimbabwe you can get the details here http://harare.usembassy.gov/sanctions_facts_myths.html Steve ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Bwana Lawi" <mail2lawi@gmail.com> | To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> | Sent: Miércoles, 9 de Enero 2013 9:21:49 | Subject: [Skunkworks] Software Licences and Sanctions | Hey guys, | Without turning the thread into a political bashing, | I have been thinking about the threat of sanctions and what not and | how it may affect those of us in the software market. | Excerpt from Red Hat License: | | " ... 5. Export Control. As required by the laws of the United | | States | | and other countries, you represent and warrant that you: (a) | | understand that the Programs and their components may be subject to | | export controls under the U.S. Commerce Department's Export | | Administration Regulations (" EAR "); (b) are not located in a | | prohibited destination country under the EAR or U.S. sanctions | | regulations (currently Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan and | | Syria, subject to change as posted by the United States government) | | ; (c) will not export, re-export, or transfer the Programs to any | | prohibited destination or persons or entities on the U.S. Bureau of | | Industry and Security Denied Parties List or Entity List, or the | | U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control list of Specially Designated | | Nationals and Blocked Persons, or any similar lists maintained by | | other countries, without the necessary export license(s) or | | authorization(s); ..." | | Many other software companies have similar conditions. If we do get | sanctioned, will Kenya be added to the list? How comes Zimbabwe is | not on that list yet it is said to be under sanctions? | Do these sanctions really mean much anyway? Are they enforceable? | Doesn't Sudan use Oracle, Red Hat, et al? | If they are, are there ways around it? Am assuming these laws will | not be backdated and will only apply from the date of sanction, if | it ever comes to that. | I need someone to clarify this for me since I have realized all I | have right now is my opinion which may be flawed/biased. | Mr. Lawi | _______________________________________________ | skunkworks mailing list | skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke | ------------ | List info, subscribe/unsubscribe | http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks | ------------ | Skunkworks Rules | http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 | ------------ | Other services @ http://my.co.ke