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Date:      Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:40:54 -0700
From:      merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
To:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Like it or not, Theo has a point... freebsd is shipping export-restricted software in the core
Message-ID:  <86fwwjyurd.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>

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http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc/178267

And yes, there it is, in /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica/hardware/hwsleep.c:

 * 4.3. Licensee shall not export, either directly or indirectly, any of this
 * software or system incorporating such software without first obtaining any
 * required license or other approval from the U. S. Department of Commerce or
 * any other agency or department of the United States Government.  In the
 * event Licensee exports any such software from the United States or
 * re-exports any such software from a foreign destination, Licensee shall
 * ensure that the distribution and export/re-export of the software is in
 * compliance with all laws, regulations, orders, or other restrictions of the
 * U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Licensee agrees that neither it nor
 * any of its subsidiaries will export/re-export any technical data, process,
 * software, or service, directly or indirectly, to any country for which the
 * United States government or any agency thereof requires an export license,
 * other governmental approval, or letter of assurance, without first obtaining
 * such license, approval or letter.

So, is such approval on file with the FreeBSD Foundation?

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