From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 9 03:33:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822C7106564A for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 03:33:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfarmer@predatorlabs.net) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 450B08FC16 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 03:33:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws1 with SMTP id 1so289866vws.13 for ; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:33:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.191.5 with SMTP id dk5mr969021vcb.22.1286595204905; Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:33:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.188.3 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Oct 2010 20:33:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [128.95.133.183] In-Reply-To: <20101009014310.O2036@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20101009014310.O2036@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 20:33:24 -0700 Message-ID: From: Rob Farmer To: Ian Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Like it or not, Theo is having a good laugh .. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:33:26 -0000 On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:31, Ian Smith wrote: > We've had a clear explanation of why it's still there - an historical > oversight at worst, pre present levels of paranoia and litigiousness - > by Jung-uk Kim, who's been importing Intel ACPICA code into FreeBSD for > five or so years, among large works on other core aspects of FreeBSD. > > He stated that it will be dealt with in the next import of the code. > End of story? =A0Let facts get in the way of such a splendid beat-up?] What do you mean by "dealt with"? Just drop clauses from the license? Has someone who legally represents the copyright holder approved that in writing? > If anyone finds any State Secrets or vaguely crypto code in Intel's free > (in both senses) ACPICA code implementation of open ACPI specifications, > I'm sure we'll get to hear about it. =A0Meanwhile, please shut the FUD up= . Export restrictions apply to more than crypto, and removing the license terms saying this doesn't actually remove the restrictions - they are a law. The only people spreading FUD here are those who are have an anti-American attitude and are unwilling to accept that since key parts of FreeBSD are contributions by people in the US and are then exported, it just might actually be affected by what US lawmakers say about exports. --=20 Rob Farmer