On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Bryan Irvine wrote:
> > Registration at our extranet is required along with an email address
> > that can be confirmed. We cannot support anonymous FTP or http
> > downloads. The reason for this is that we are required by the
> > conditions of our US export licenses to know who and where our customers
> > are. If anyone objects to registration then we could not sell them
> > chips anyway so it does not seem an unreasonable restriction to us.
>
> *cough*bullshit*cough*
>
BS aside, it's obvious you don't deal in US markets! While the
implementation may be flawed, dealing with export regulations, silly as
that may seem to non US organizations, CAN be business threatening. Not to
be taken lightly.
> I hope that this clears the air.
>
If anyone would like, we (as a US company) would be happy to use 'our'
registration information (providing the remaining license terms are
acceptable)! That probably isn't the issue, however, as the point about
actually obtaining hardware is also significant to US export markets.
Irrespective if the fact that more 'powerful' h/w can be obtained
with no restriction, getting 'current' h/w out of the states CAN be a
REAL hassle.
Lee
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