<div dir="ltr">I thought that the initial round of discussion linking this with the Crypto Wars a few weeks ago was perhaps a bit gratuitous. The United States has been expanding encryption exemptions, not constraining them. My read of the settlement was that BIS was more concerned about Wind River Systems having exported RTOS systems and encryption to the PRC and military elements therein. That's not a crypto issue, that's broader Sino-American politics. Everything else seemed tacked on out of necessity.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Jeroen van der Ham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeroen@dckd.nl" target="_blank">jeroen@dckd.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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It appears that the Bureau of Industry and Security is showing its teeth with a $750k fine against Wind River Systems for unlawfully exporting encryption software to countries on the BIS list.<br>
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<a href="http://www.goodwinprocter.com/Publications/Newsletters/Client-Alert/2014/1015_Software-Companies-Now-on-Notice-That-Encryption-Exports-May-Be-Treated-More-Seriously.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.goodwinprocter.com/Publications/Newsletters/Client-Alert/2014/1015_Software-Companies-Now-on-Notice-That-Encryption-Exports-May-Be-Treated-More-Seriously.aspx</a><br>
> We believe this to be the first penalty BIS has ever issued for the unlicensed export of encryption software that did not also involve comprehensively sanctioned countries (e.g., Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria). This suggests a fundamental change in BIS’s treatment of violations of the encryption regulations.<br>
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See also the discussion here: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8551825" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8551825</a><br>
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Jeroen.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><b>Collin David Anderson</b><div><a href="http://averysmallbird.com" target="_blank">averysmallbird.com</a> | @cda | Washington, D.C.</div></div>
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