Re:“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanction...
by ryanmercer on Friday July 26, 2019 @08:14AM
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>Their Github Pages page was censored. They are unable to participate in the maintenance of an open source repository. This was done, according to Github, as a requirement to comply with the laws of its state.
Software export is restricted to varying degrees, mostly encryption but there are other circumstances where export control exists on software (they used to be far more severe but have become considerably reduced). The BIS - https://www.bis.doc.gov - handles this and other CCL items.
To export anything that contains encryption over 64 bits you have to register with the BIS and be reviewed before you export. Even open-source software requires that you notify the BIS.
Software export is restricted to varying degrees, mostly encryption but there are other circumstances where export control exists on software (they used to be far more severe but have become considerably reduced). The BIS - https://www.bis.doc.gov - handles this and other CCL items.
Here is the relevant CFR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2012-title15-vol2/CF...
To export anything that contains encryption over 64 bits you have to register with the BIS and be reviewed before you export. Even open-source software requires that you notify the BIS.
Other countries have similar export/import controls, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassenaar_Arrangement
See also:
https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Industry_and_Securit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_Administration_Regulati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...