Crypto export restrictions eased?

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It may now be legal to export Freenet from the US to Iran, Syria, Sudan and=
 possibly Cuba.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8556341.stm
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg577.htm
http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-05023_PI.pdf

Applicable services and software must be publicly available at no cost to t=
he user. (YAY!).
It must be classified by Commerce as "mass market software under ... ECCN 5=
D992 ..."
Obviously it can't be knowingly exported to the government of Sudan or Iran.
If we do not meet the criteria below, we can apply for a specific license. =
It looks likely that it would be granted although of course money and burea=
ucracy may be an issue.

Excerpt:

=A7 515.578 Exportation of certain services incident to Internet-
based communications.
     (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section,
the exportation from the United States or by persons subject to
U.S. jurisdiction to persons in Cuba of services incident to the
exchange of personal communications over the Internet, such as
instant messaging, chat and email, social networking, sharing of
photos and movies, web browsing, and blogging, is authorized,
provided that such services are publicly available at no cost to
the user.
     (b) This section does not authorize:
     (1) The direct or indirect exportation of services with
knowledge or reason to know that such services are intended for
a prohibited official of the Government of Cuba, as defined in
=A7 515.337 of this part, or a prohibited member of the Cuban
Communist Party, as defined in =A7 515.338 of this part.
     (2) The direct or indirect exportation of Internet
connectivity services or telecommunications transmission
facilities (such as satellite links or dedicated lines).
[ there are separate provisions for such things ]
     (3) The direct or indirect exportation of web-hosting
services that are for purposes other than personal
communications (e.g., web-hosting services for commercial
endeavors) or of domain name registration services.
     (4) The direct or indirect exportation of any items to
Cuba.
     (c) Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis
for the exportation of other services incident to the sharing of
information over the Internet.

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