[ale] export controls?

[Jim Kinney]

Never saw that used outside of federal contract work.

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:

> does this affect linux at all?
>
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/01/immigration-office-eases-foreign-worker-rule-employer-backlash/
>
> U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in pushing the new
> requirement, is effectively trying to enforce a law that's been on the
> books for years. Under the "export control" law, employers are
> prohibited from sharing certain technological data with foreign workers
> they bring on board without a license from the federal government. It's
> not a literal export of, say, automobiles or raw sugar. But the
> government considers it an export all the same, since a foreign worker
> could look at blueprints or some other technical plan in the United
> States and then "export" it to his or her country by simply returning
> home and replicating it.
>
>
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