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Disclaimer: I'm American. Our government has repeatedly made it policy to block access to software of domestic origin through export controls [0] [1] Historic
by qppo 6y ago
Disclaimer: I'm American.
Our government has repeatedly made it policy to block access to software of domestic origin through export controls [0] [1]
Historically I'd argue most nations could trust the US government only to wield economic sanctions against our adversaries, but the current administration has made all nations our adversary.
I can see a real possibility of the current administration enacting export controls on the European Union for a perceived slight against the President, and Congress will not stop him. For example, if crates.io is an American-based software service, there is a real possibility that the US could ban the owners from allowing access from EU IPs.
Granted, the same is true of GitHub, npm, freaking google... but the tl;dr is that I don't think you can trust us today or tomorrow. I don't trust my government, why should you?
[0] https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/29/github-ban-sanctioned-countries https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/29/github-ban-sanctioned-coun...
[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/us-export-controls-and-published-encryption-source-code-explained https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/us-export-controls-and...
- johncolanduoni 6y agoAll the countries from the first link have EU sanctions as well, and as long as the projects are on GitHub it won’t really make a difference even if there weren’t. I’m as appalled at our government’s foreign policy as the next person, but I would bet my bottom dollar on there not being a blanket government mandated EU IP ban in the next four years regardless of the election results. There’s a long way between tariffs and targeted export restrictions for the EU, and the lobbying to NOT cut off all US internet businesses from the EU would be insane.
- qppo 6y agoYou have far more faith than I do. If Trump wins a second term, they'll make a big show of negotiating a trade deal with Britain and the EU after Brexit is realized. If those negotiations break down they may use economic sanctions to show they mean business.
- Xylakant 6y ago> Historically I'd argue most nations could trust the US government only to wield economic sanctions against our adversaries, but the current administration has made all nations our adversary. https://www.dw.com/de/us-senatoren-drohen-sassnitz-zu-schaden/a-54556143 https://www.dw.com/de/us-senatoren-drohen-sassnitz-zu-schade... US senators are threatening sanctions against the German harbor town of Sassnitz https://www.dw.com/de/us-senatoren-drohen-sassnitz-zu-schaden/a-54556143 https://www.dw.com/de/us-senatoren-drohen-sassnitz-zu-schade... to prevent the nord stream gas pipeline from being built. They’d prefer if germany bought liquefied gas from the US. (It’s a bit more complicated than that, but the threat is a new escalation)
- robocat 6y agoGoogle translation of that link: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fde%2Fus-senatoren-drohen-sassnitz-zu-schaden%2Fa-54556143 https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3...