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pecuniumThere are silly laws on the books, things which are no longer relevant, or which have no real purpose (it is, for example, a $50 dollar fine to drive 50, or more, sheep down Hollywood Boulevard... it's $25 to shoot rabbits from a streetcar, in Los Angeles).
Then there are laws which can't really be enforced, laws which, at best, can only be enforced with draconion intrusion, or caprice and inequality (sodomoy laws being the most egregious of these).
So finding out the Commerce Dept. wants to make it a crime to let foreigners use computer networks... well it's bothersome.
I first saw it here, at Nick Weaver's blog.Export License Needed to Log In Looking at the text, he's right. If you have enough computers, linked together, you could be in a world of hurt if someone born in a prohibited country uses them.
The relevant paragraph is here and reads: "The OIG recommended that BIS amend its policy to require U.S.
organizations to apply for a deemed export license for employees or
visitors who are foreign nationals and have access to dual-use
controlled technology if they were born in a country where the
technology transfer in question would require an export license,
regardless of their most recent citizenship or permanent residency."
I'll quote Mr. Weaver, "It's not too late to submit comments (mail to scook@bis.doc.gov, with "RIN 0694-AD29" in the subject line), as the comment period extends until May 27th."
Then there are laws which can't really be enforced, laws which, at best, can only be enforced with draconion intrusion, or caprice and inequality (sodomoy laws being the most egregious of these).
So finding out the Commerce Dept. wants to make it a crime to let foreigners use computer networks... well it's bothersome.
I first saw it here, at Nick Weaver's blog.Export License Needed to Log In Looking at the text, he's right. If you have enough computers, linked together, you could be in a world of hurt if someone born in a prohibited country uses them.
The relevant paragraph is here and reads: "The OIG recommended that BIS amend its policy to require U.S.
organizations to apply for a deemed export license for employees or
visitors who are foreign nationals and have access to dual-use
controlled technology if they were born in a country where the
technology transfer in question would require an export license,
regardless of their most recent citizenship or permanent residency."
I'll quote Mr. Weaver, "It's not too late to submit comments (mail to scook@bis.doc.gov, with "RIN 0694-AD29" in the subject line), as the comment period extends until May 27th."
