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Nope -- the stipulations of the licensing policy on Internet freedom in Iran are still in effect: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Do

Nope -- the stipulations of the licensing policy on Internet freedom in Iran are still in effect: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/internet_freedom.pdf https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/... See specific of the current application of the rules here: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Sanctions/Pages/faq_iran.aspx#gld1 https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Sanctions/Page... "Specifically, section 560.540 of the ITR authorizes the exportation from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, to persons in Iran of services incident to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet, such as instant messaging, chat and email, social networking, sharing of photos and movies, web browsing, and blogging, provided that such services are publicly available at no cost to the user."

jkaplowitz 8y ago
That says "personal communications". Slack is aimed at businesses, not personal use. It also requires "no cost to the user." Very well may not exempt their business model, though some room for argument exists. Of course, any sanctions regime that does still apply wouldn't require the collateral damage of Slack's excessive initial ban.
- nulbyte 8y ago
  Corporations and other business entities are persons. Also, the license applies to services for a fee. Also, exchanging information isn't embargoed.
  - jkaplowitz 8y ago
    The "corporations are people" thing is exaggerated in a lot of understandings, and I doubt corporations are deemed capable of "personal communications". Still, personal communications might be found to cover the communication among persons at the companies. But Slack does support a lot more than just people chatting with people, like bot and app/SaaS integrations. Those clearly aren't personal communications and frequently accomplish more than just exchanging information. Good catch that the license does have provisions for fee-based services as well. However, the person I was replying to quoted the one for no-cost services, so that's what I focused on in my reply.

jkaplowitz 8y ago

That says "personal communications". Slack is aimed at businesses, not personal use. It also requires "no cost to the user." Very well may not exempt their business model, though some room for argument exists. Of course, any sanctions regime that does still apply wouldn't require the collateral damage of Slack's excessive initial ban.

nulbyte 8y ago
Corporations and other business entities are persons. Also, the license applies to services for a fee. Also, exchanging information isn't embargoed.
- jkaplowitz 8y ago
  The "corporations are people" thing is exaggerated in a lot of understandings, and I doubt corporations are deemed capable of "personal communications". Still, personal communications might be found to cover the communication among persons at the companies. But Slack does support a lot more than just people chatting with people, like bot and app/SaaS integrations. Those clearly aren't personal communications and frequently accomplish more than just exchanging information. Good catch that the license does have provisions for fee-based services as well. However, the person I was replying to quoted the one for no-cost services, so that's what I focused on in my reply.