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Re:Intel FP security issue by teraflop on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:33PM (#17305250)
The usage of "embargo" to mean a generic, non-governmental impediment or prohibition is at least 200 years old.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embargo

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Re:Intel FP security issue by cat199 on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:01PM (#17307758)
but if you don't agree to it, it has no force, and therefore is no embargo..
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