Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 21:05:21 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pgcc port Message-ID: <199609291905.VAA21458@grumble.grondar.za>
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wrote: > According to Pedro Giffuni: > > They adopted it from the start, they are also distributing DES from > > Canada to avoid legal problems. > > Distributing DES from Canada doesn't solve anything as they have the same > restrictions as the US. Not _quite_ so. It is legal to export crypto from USA to Canada, but this code is then ITAR "tainted" and cannot be re-exported. If the code is "untainted", (IE does not come from USA,) it is freely exportable. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key
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