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Re:Statement on US government directive to suspend access to... by pjmlp on Saturday June 13, 2026 @07:42AM (#48516263)
We are back to cold war computing days, the message has long arrived on this side of the Atlantic, even if most companies and governments aren't able to get rid of old habits.
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Re:Statement on US government directive to suspend access to... by bjelkeman-again on Saturday June 13, 2026 @10:39AM (#48517776)
It is the old crypto export ban again, bu now for LLMs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...

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Re:Statement on US government directive to suspend access to... by pjmlp on Saturday June 13, 2026 @12:22PM (#48518727)
Not only crypto, go look into the export restrictions of commercial languages.

For example, before becoming open source you naturally could not buy Visual Studio legally in countries forbidden by US exports.

Or even the PlayStation 3, when sold from US locations.

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