August 29, 2005

Oracle's Rules

I am trying to download Oracle, when I run into these restrictions. I must agree to all of them before I am able download from their website. I have never made a connection between Oracle and WMD, but Oracle apparently does.

ELIGIBILITY EXPORT RESTRICTIONS

  1. I am not a citizen, national or resident of, and am not under the control of, the government of: Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Libya, North Korea, Syria, nor any other country to which the United States has prohibited export.
  2. I will not download or otherwise export or re-export the Programs, directly or indirectly, to the above mentioned countries nor to citizens, nationals or residents of those countries.
  3. I am not listed on the United States Department of Treasury lists of Specially Designated Nationals, Specially Designated Terrorists, and Specially Designated Narcotic Traffickers, nor am I listed on the United States Department of Commerce Table of Denial Orders.
  4. I will not download or otherwise export or re-export the Programs, directly or indirectly, to persons on the above mentioned lists.
  5. I will not use the Programs for, and will not allow the Programs to be used for, any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, for the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons of mass destruction.
Posted by elsie at August 29, 2005 02:06 PM
Comments

Oh crap, they keep putting up limits on what we can use and/or purchase. All I'm going to say is if they take away my right to purchase Burger King products and accessories there will be hell to pay. I mean where else can an Arab go to get a quality tasting burger and delicious freedomfries made their way.

Posted by: Bassel at August 29, 2005 08:07 PM

My guess is that Oracle uses some form of encryption that can not be exported out of the U.S. There are other programs like this (ie, PGP, GnuPG) that you simply can not export. It's not something new, it's been around at least 10 years now.

Posted by: Elliott at August 29, 2005 10:05 PM

From this list it seems like only certain countries and criminals cannot use this product. It doesn't say that it cannot be exported outside of the U.S.

Posted by: Elsie at August 29, 2005 10:18 PM

It's a boycott. The list of countries are being "punished". United States refuses to buy from or sell to or offer services to them and vice versa. Syria has been boycotting the Unites States for a long time because it's backing up Israel and Israel holds Syria's Golan Heights which is the best military position in all of Syria. So until Israel gives back the Golan Heights, Syria will continue to Boycott America. I don't know why the United States hopped onto the boycott deal, it would be kind of useless since Syria won't trade with the US anyway. That's politics for ya. As for the other countries, they may have been rightfully boycotted.

Posted by: Bassel at August 30, 2005 10:14 AM

Check this out.

http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/cls2.htm#us

Do a search for Cuba from there and you'll find:

"Terrorist countries
The "terrorist countries" are: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria."

Posted by: Elliott at August 30, 2005 10:15 AM

How effective are boycotts? Here's an interesting one: http://www.boycottbush.net/

Posted by: Elsie at August 31, 2005 02:32 PM
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