Re: [Gimp-user] Country Of Origin Verification - 7177

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Wed, 2020-09-02 at 20:07 +0000, Watson, Christian M. (GRC-
V000)[Peerless Technologies Corp.] via gimp-user-list wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Christian Watson and I am a Supply Chain Risk Management
> Coordinator at NASA Glenn Research Center  As such, I ensure that all
> NASA Headquarter IT purchase requests comply with Section 514 of the
> Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Public Law 115-141 (amended),
> enacted February 28, 2018.  To do so, the country of origin
> information must be obtained from the company that develops,
> produces, manufactures, or assembles the product(s).  Specifically,
> identify the country where each of the following products were
> developed, manufactured, and assembled:
>
> * GIMP

Multiple countries.

> Additionally, if the country of origin is outside the United States,
> please provide any information you may have stating that testing is
> performed in the United States prior to supplying products to
> customers.

GIMP is developed entirely by volunteers. It is free software. There
are no "customers" so the question makes no sense. However, extensive
testing is performed in multiple countries before making a release.

> Lastly, if available, please identify all authorized distributors of
> the product in question

that would be everyone on the planet.

>  and provide a statement stating whether the product contains any
> components from the following companies, which NASA Is required by
> law to not do business with:
>
>   *   ZTE Corporation
>   *   Hytera / Hytera Communications Corporation
>   *   Huawei / Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
>   *   Hikvision / Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
>   *   Dahua / Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd.

It does not. We do not include non-free-software third-party
components. Contributions included are required to comply with the GNU
Public License v3 (or later), and its variants for documentation and
other resources.

Liam


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