R help - Jan 2009 - URGENT Requested info for application: R for Windows 1.3.1 (ref: 59282)

Good afternoon, 

I work in export compliance and would like to know if you would please
answer the questions below in regards to your application, R for Windows
1.3.1.  The information I'm requesting is for export compliance.

 

RE:

Application:  R for Windows 1.3.1

Application Description: statistical computing and graphics

Vendor: R-Project

 

Export Compliance Questionnaire for Software Clearance

1.       Does software run on standard PC?

2.       Does software contain custom features not available off the
shelf?

3.       Does software use encryption algorithms for access passwords?  

 

If encryption algorithm is beyond password security, please respond to
the following;

1.       What is the key length (in bits) of encryption algorithm?

2.       Is algorithm publicly available? (if yes, please provide name
of encryption algorithm and web site URL where available.)

3.       Are there any unique features of encryption such as open
cryptographic interface, network infrastructure applications, etc?

 

Thanks for your help in providing information necessary to address
export compliance issues for software and thank you in advance you're
your immediate response.

 

Regards,

Hortencia Garza

Chevron Information Technology

Export Compliance Officer

Ph: 713-432-3864

E-mail: hgcl@Chevron.com <mailto:hgcl@Chevron.com> 

 


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Garza, Hortencia [BEELINE] wrote:
> Good afternoon, 
> 
> I work in export compliance and would like to know if you would please
> answer the questions below in regards to your application, R for Windows
> 1.3.1.  The information I'm requesting is for export compliance.
>
Before answering such questions, I am quite sure that

- you know that R-1.3.1 has been released 8 years ago (i.e. in 2001 
which means it is really ancient),
- you know that we had 15 major releases in the meantime,
- you know that R is licensed under the GPL, it sounds like you include 
R in some of your products. Are you sure the stuff you want to export 
does not violate the GPL license?
- R is an international project hosted by mirrors around the whole 
world, so what do you want to export? And where do you want to export it 
to? Mars, Venus, Jupiter or just the Moon? It is already available in 
all countries on earth given free internet access is available.

Best wishes,
Uwe Ligges



>  
> 
> RE:
> 
> Application:  R for Windows 1.3.1
> 
> Application Description: statistical computing and graphics
> 
> Vendor: R-Project
> 
>  
> 
> Export Compliance Questionnaire for Software Clearance
> 
> 1.       Does software run on standard PC?
> 
> 2.       Does software contain custom features not available off the
> shelf?
> 
> 3.       Does software use encryption algorithms for access passwords?  
> 
>  
> 
> If encryption algorithm is beyond password security, please respond to
> the following;
> 
> 1.       What is the key length (in bits) of encryption algorithm?
> 
> 2.       Is algorithm publicly available? (if yes, please provide name
> of encryption algorithm and web site URL where available.)
> 
> 3.       Are there any unique features of encryption such as open
> cryptographic interface, network infrastructure applications, etc?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for your help in providing information necessary to address
> export compliance issues for software and thank you in advance you're
> your immediate response.
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hortencia Garza
> 
> Chevron Information Technology
> 
> Export Compliance Officer
> 
> Ph: 713-432-3864
> 
> E-mail: hgcl at Chevron.com <mailto:hgcl at Chevron.com> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
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> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
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> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Garza, Hortencia [BEELINE] wrote:
> I work in export compliance and would like to know if you would please
> answer the questions below in regards to your application, R for Windows
> 1.3.1.  The information I'm requesting is for export compliance.
>
I'm surprised that you would consider replies from random mailing-list
members as sufficiently reliable information for this.  The R Foundation for
Statistical Computing would be the authoritative source, although they might not
be willing/able to answer questions that appear to require knowledge of export
control law in the unspecified country you are exporting from.
>
> RE:
>
> Application:  R for Windows 1.3.1
Uwe Ligges has already pointed out that R 1.3.1 is *seriously* outdated.

> Application Description: statistical computing and graphics
>
> Vendor: R-Project
>
>
>
> Export Compliance Questionnaire for Software Clearance
>
> 1.       Does software run on standard PC?
Yes
> 2.       Does software contain custom features not available off the
> shelf?
Not clear what this means. The copy of R you downloaded does not contain any
custom features that aren't in the copies that other people downloaded back
in 2001.
> 3.       Does software use encryption algorithms for access passwords?
The standard R distribution does not.  I don't expect any single individual
could say whether all the contributed packages do; you would have to ask the
maintainers of any packages you wanted to export.
>
> If encryption algorithm is beyond password security, please respond to
> the following;
>
> 1.       What is the key length (in bits) of encryption algorithm?
>
> 2.       Is algorithm publicly available? (if yes, please provide name
> of encryption algorithm and web site URL where available.)
>
> 3.       Are there any unique features of encryption such as open
> cryptographic interface, network infrastructure applications, etc?
>
Again, the standard R distribution does not use encryption, but contributed
packages may. For example, the randaes package contains a random number
generator that uses the Advanced Encryption Standard block cipher.


       -thomas

Thomas Lumley			Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics
tlumley at u.washington.edu	University of Washington, Seattle