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No Software from the Site may be downloaded...to anyone on the US Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or anyone subject to the same or similar restrictions...or the US Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders.
Neither party...is (a) a person on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or any other list of sanctioned persons administered by OFAC or any other governmental entity
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"you must not be designated on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or any other sanctions lists maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets ControlExcerpt from Patreon's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “you must not be designated on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or any other sanctions lists maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control”
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