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You misunderstand...You misunderstand...Posted Jul 5, 2009 1:15 UTC (Sun) by rahvin (subscriber, #16953)In reply to: You misunderstand... by khim Parent article: Tiemann: Open Source Incentives
Maybe you misunderstand. The FCPA makes providing "gifts" to foreign governments for the purpose of securing sales illegal. It also makes putting conditions on gifts illegal if those conditions require the purchase or use of US products. The FCPA was passed to stop the commercial interference in foreign governments that caused endless problems for US foreign policy and harmed people.
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You misunderstand... Posted Jul 5, 2009 2:03 UTC (Sun) by johill (subscriber, #25196) [Link] Actually, are you sure? The actual text of the FCPA seems to imply that the "gift" needs to go to a foreign official, a foreign political party or party official, or any candidate for foreign political office (from the lay-person's guide, cf. ยง78dd-2(a)(1,2,3)) which would not seem to conver "gifts" to the entire country's schooling system or whatever.
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