Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:07:01 +0300 From: Andrew Stesin <stesin@gmail.com> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: international crypto laws Message-ID: <AANLkTi=DL1WeEe4or=WXcibU=Eq=Wi9tKk3vvkJm44GS@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201010151412.o9FECJN5053082@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201010151412.o9FECJN5053082@fire.js.berklix.net>
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I think this is reasonable. WBR, Andrew 2010/10/15 Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com>: > To quote 8.1-RELEASE/src/crypto/README > ... > The separation between src/contrib and src/crypto > is the result of an old USA law, which made these sources export > controlled, so they had to be kept separate. > > As international crypto laws are ever changing play things of > ignorant politicians, & a pain in the orifice to track, & as FreeBSD > is an international project, it's not just USA law that can be problematic. > > We could outsource disinterest in the wold's mess of crypto laws, > by adding a URL to this: > http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/ > Crypto Law Survey indexed by country > > Cheers, > Julian > -- > Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com > Mail plain text; Not HTML, quoted-printable & base 64 spam formats. > Top posting cripples itemised cumulative responses. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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