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    Editor Jefe
  • sep 14, 200917:09h
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Una nueva licencia del Departamento de Comercio norteamericano permite la exportación de equipos electrónicos y de telecomunicaciones a Cuba. La lista completa de los equipos incluidos en esta virtual exención del embargo para todo el material relacionado con Internet y las telecomunicaciones:

• Computers classified under ECCN 4A994.b or designated EAR99 that do not
exceed an adjusted peak performance of 0.02 weighted teraflops;
• Disk drives and solid state storage equipment classified as ECCN 5A992 or
designated EAR99;
• Input/output control units (other than industrial controllers designed for chemical
processing) designated EAR99;
• Graphics accelerators and graphics coprocessors designated EAR99;
• Monitors classified under ECCN 5A992 or designated EAR99;
• Printers classified under ECCN 5A992 or designated EAR99;
• Modems classified under ECCNs 5A991.b.2 or 5A992 or designated EAR99;

• Network access controllers and communications channel controllers classified
under ECCN 5A991.b.4 or designated EAR99;
• Keyboards, mice and similar devices designated EAR99;
• Mobile phones, including cellular and satellite telephones, personal digital
assistants, and subscriber information module (SIM) cards and similar devices
classified under ECCNs 5A992 or 5A991 or designated EAR99;
• Memory devices classified under ECCN 5A992 or designated EAR99;
• “Information security” equipment, “software” (except “encryption source code”)
and peripherals classified under ECCNs 5A992 or 5D992 or designated EAR99;
• Digital cameras and memory cards classified under ECCN 5A992 or designated
EAR99;
• Television and radio receivers classified under ECCN 5A992 or designated
EAR99;
• Recording devices classified under ECCN 5A992 or designated EAR99;
• Batteries, chargers, carrying cases, and accessories for the equipment described
above that are designated EAR99; and
• “Software” (except “encryption source code”) classified under ECCNs 4D994,
5D991 or 5D992 or designated EAR99 to be used for equipment described above.

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Comentarios

  • [...] About 10 days ago, the Commerce Department added a new license authorizing the “authorizing the export and reexport to Cuba of certain donated consumer communications devices, including certain computers and software, mobile phones, and satellite receivers.” H/t Penúltimos Días. [...]

  • Anónimo dice:

    eso mismo salio mas temprano en encuentro

  • Carlos Javier dice:

    Interesante, me surge la duda de si esto significa que las compañías de software tiene que aplicar para una licencia o automáticamente pueden comenzar a exportar software. La comunidad de software libre cubana se ha visto golpeada por no poder acceder a sitios como:
    code.google.com
    openoffice.org
    java.sun.com (o cualquier otro sitio de sun para descargar software)
    etc

    Incluso han habido sus debates sobre si debian.org podría estar violando leyes al permitir descargas desde cuba.

    Pero si la cosa es que las compañías tienen que pedir una licencia, no creo que las cosas cambien mucho, al menos no en el caso del software libre, donde en la mayoría de los casos es gratuito y posiblemente el tramite burocrático para adquirir la licencia no lo sea.

    slds
    Carlos Javier