Revolution "software" to black listed nations

[Phil Davis]

Sivakatirswami wrote:

> Has anyone studied out carefully the issue of shipping Rev stacks to  
> countries on the US state department embargo list?  These being  
> currently (found in many typical EULA's)
>
> "Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, military or  
> police entities in South Africa, or any other country to which the  
> United States has embargoed goods.
>
> Would there not be a difference between
>
> 1) the Rev IDE which give users tools to build software.
> 2) a standalone which does not.
>
> in terms of the embargo? Where do we find the precise definition of  
> "software" that should not be shipped to these countries?
>
> Could a Standalone be conceived of as a "product" of software, like a  
> PDF is a Product of Acrobat, but not Acrobat itself. I mean I can't  
> imagine Adobe is breaking laws when some North Korean downloads a PDF  
> from the web. Similalry, I'm wondering, if somone downloads a  
> standalone application built with Revolution if this is a violation  
> of the embargo or not.
>
> Sivakatirswami

Isn't it possible to use .htaccess files to block certain [ranges of] IP 
addresses from accessing your site? I suppose that's one way to keep 
some of the bad guys from downloading your software - if in fact it's a 
crime to even permit it.

Phil Davis