gcc Export Control ECCN number if covered under EAR

[Ian Lance Taylor]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Farhat, Sam (GE Aviation, US)
<samgeorge.farhat@ge.com> wrote:
> Thanks for clearing that up.
> Online search was conflicting, some pages with emails indicated there is encryption code in libgcj, in this link:  https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-02/msg00051.html
>
> Is that incorrect information?

To the best of my knowledge, it is irrelevant.

(Of course, you should not take actual legal advice from a random
person on the Internet.)

Ian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: iant@google.com [mailto:iant@google.com] On Behalf Of Ian Lance Taylor
> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 9:54 PM
> To: Farhat, Sam (GE Aviation, US)
> Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: gcc Export Control ECCN number if covered under EAR
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Farhat, Sam (GE Aviation, US) <samgeorge.farhat@ge.com> wrote:
>>
>> What is the ECCN number for the following open source software:
>> gcc-4.2.0
>> gdb-6.6
>> binutils-2.17
>
> gcc is free software (described by the government as open source) and contain no cryptographic code.  As such it does not require ECCN or CCATS numbers.
>
> Ian