RE: Question About Export Control of AbiWord

Thank you very much for your advice.

We simply did not know that the latest version is 2.6.4.
We will consider employing Ver2.6.4.

By the way, Ver.2.6.4 uses the gnuts library for SSL,
which means it has an encryption function.

My concern is whether the encryption program is developed in the USA,
or created by your project based in Europe.
May I think that the encryption program is created by your project?

I would appreciate your idea.

Thank you.
                                    Tetsuo Mizoguchi

                                                                           
             Martin Edmund
             Sevior
             <martines@unimelb $B08@h(B
             .edu.au> Dominic Lachowicz
                                       <domlachowicz@gmail.com>,
             2008/11/07 07:09 mizoguchi-tetsuo@nst.hitachi-hitec.
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                                       RE: Question About Export Control
                                       of AbiWord
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           

Hello,
       The abiword plugin "abicollab" employs the gnutls library for SSL
encryption from version 2.6.4 onwards. Why are you interesested in version
2.6.3? Version 2.6.4 has many important bugs fixed. If you are at all
concerned, the abicollab plugin need not be shipped with any version of
abiword you are interested in.

Best regards,

Martin Sevior

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-abiword-user@abisource.com on behalf of Dominic Lachowicz
Sent: Fri 11/7/2008 2:32 AM
To: mizoguchi-tetsuo@nst.hitachi-hitec.com
Cc: abiword-user@abisource.com
Subject: 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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