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Wes Hardaker <wes@hardakers.net> writes:

>>>>>>  Jesper Harder <harder@ifa.au.dk> said:
>
> Jesper> AFAIK, even if you do register it with some US spy agency,
> Jesper> you're still not allowed to export to certain countries.
>
> Jesper> Why should, say, Cubans not be allowed to use Emacs?  I can
> Jesper> see why he doesn't want to do that.
>
> No, If you publish it on a web page (for example) or an ftp site
> (for another example) the current regulations do not prohibit you
> from worrying about who accesses it (including Cubans, North
> Koreans, ...).  There are 7 countries that you can't *push* it to.
> But they're allowed to pull it from a public site.  Silly ain't it.

But the stuff on the Debian page still recommends blocking embargoed
countries:

  We recommend that you perform IP checking and deny downloads to
  known embargoed countries. This due diligence also would provide a
  defense to a claim of civil liability. If you find out that your
  software has been downloaded to a prohibited destination, then I
  recommend that you block future downloads to that specific site
  unless and until you obtain a license from BXA.