From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21767 invoked by alias); 7 Jun 2008 07:50:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 21754 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Jun 2008 07:50:11 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from bender.grapevine.net.au (HELO bender.grapevine.net.au) (203.129.32.139) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:49:52 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bender.grapevine.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3D69C03DC for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:49:48 +1000 (EST) Received: from bender.grapevine.net.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bender.grapevine.net.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id w1bjJnlSI3ov for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:49:48 +1000 (EST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (ppp-187.40.129.203.grapevine.net.au [203.129.40.187]) by bender.grapevine.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 816C3C03D4 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:49:48 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <484A3D9A.3050802@homemail.com.au> Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:50:00 -0000 From: Ross Johnson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pthreads-Win32 list Subject: [Fwd: Re: export control pthreads-win32] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact pthreads-win32-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: pthreads-win32-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008/txt/msg00027.txt.bz2 Thanks to all those who provided suggestions. This is the response I sent back - for better or worse. Pthreads-win32 is distributed under the Lesser GNU Public License and is free and open source software. It contains no encryption or decryption code or references, so it is very unlikely that it would require an export/re-export license. The source code and executable versions of it have been available unrestricted for over 10 years via a public web site in the US and is mirrored in many countries outside of North America and Europe and so far this question hasn't arisen before to my knowledge. It provides nothing more than an alternative means of calling the threading API already available in every version of Microsoft Windows, so I would expect that it may be exported to anywhere that Microsoft Windows may be exported. It's purpose is to provide source code compatibility with the threading API that exists in every version of Unix or Linux.