Is it legal to ship a software developed in LabView outside of the USA? specifically the United Kingdom.

Question

I been ask to ship a compl\ile version of a VI that I been using in my lab to a Company Division located on the United Kingdom, with the new legal rules regarding software distribution I am not sure if I can send a copy without additional paperwork. 

Answer 1

Company I worked for last had over 10,000 people working over 3 continents.
Guess who the expert was? The only thing the lawyers knew was how not to get busted for filling in the tax forms incorrectly.
And just to demonstrate how wrong it can go, a company recently got busted in Japan for shipping the equivalent of an accurate micrometer to North Korea. They have offices on every continent and 10's of thousands of employees.
A week earlier they were unfortunate enought to have an agent supply equipment to Libya
"The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found a precision instrument at a nuclear facility in Libya"
By the way, just because they recipient is not paying for it has absolutely no bearing on the matter.
"The program in question is not beind sold in either country.  You are probibly okay."
And finally there are / were restrictions on exporting to the UK, hence my quote about Microsoft, it's only recently Brits were allowed to upgrade from 40 bit security in Windows. The American security services never really got over Philby, Burges and Maclean.....despite their own skeletons.
http://www.microsoft.com/exporting/
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3.0 U.S. Export Regulations for Strong Encryption Products
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WHO SHOULD CONSULT THIS SECTION: System administrators and others who
anticipate deployment of strong encryption products outside the United
States or Canada, or within a corporate environment that extends
beyond United States or Canadian borders.
The product contains strong encryption features and is classified for
export from the United States under ECCN 5D002(c)(1). Export of strong
encryption products from the United States is regulated under "EI
controls" of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 CFR
730-744) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration (BXA).
Note: As of October 1999, the U.S. export regulations for strong
encryption are in the process of being amended. New regulations are
expected to permit the export of most strong encryption products to
end users in all but the U.S.(embargoed countries. Up-to-date
information about the exportability of Microsoft products is available
from the Exporting Microsoft Products Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/exporting/
For additional information about the new U.S. export regulations and
U.S. export laws in general, visit the following Web sites:
* The U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Encryption Export
Controls Web site at:
http://www.bxa.doc.gov/encryption/default.htm
* The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration
(BXA) Web site at: http://www.bxa.doc.gov/
* The U.S. Export Administration Regulations Online (15 CFR
730-744) Web site at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/bxa/
Note:Web addresses can change, so you may be unable to
connect to the Web sites mentioned here.