From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Reply-To: josh@agliodbs.com
Organization: Aglio Database Solutions
To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL classification
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 13:59:26 -0700
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	"Cornelia Boenigk" <poppcorn@cornelia-boenigk.de>
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Cornelia,

> > > A German company wants (maybe) migrate to PostgreSQL and asked:
> > > - is PostgreSQL classified? Does it have a ECCN (for example 5D002,
> > >   5D992, etc.)??
> > > - is PostgreSQL considered as EAR99 product
> > > - are there any export restrictions for PostgreSQL?

They e-mailed me as well.    I told them that 
a) I had no reason to believe that PostgreSQL was considered a "US Product", 
and
b) that they needed to talk to an attorney.

-- 
--Josh

Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco