CBP Finds US Is Country of Origin of Malaysian Software Products, for Government Procurement Purposes
Four cybersecurity software products from Malaysia's e-Lock Corp. are considered of U.S. origin for government procurement purposes, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a final determination published in Monday's Federal Register. The “source code” is written in Malaysia while…
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the “object code” is compiled in the U.S. "CBP has consistently held that conducting a ‘software build’ -- i.e., compiling source code into object code -- results in a substantial transformation," the agency said. The finished software products are determined to be of U.S. origin, CBP said.