Hey all, There has been some uncertainty about whether open source software falls under EAR. This blog post is meant to address this, and especially to help our Chinese podlings feel more at ease:
"Statement by The Apache Software Foundation regarding US Federal Register Notice of non-US affiliates added to Entity List Ruling" https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/statement-by-the-apache-software There have also been some question specifically on the use of github. If you are not comfortable using github in the current legal environment, you can still participate in open source projects at the ASF using the Apache git repositories. Best Regards, Myrle