From owner-cvs-all Sun Dec 5 21:12:18 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (ns.mt.sri.com [206.127.79.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C1714F19; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 21:12:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA28773; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 22:12:11 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id WAA23774; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 22:12:10 -0700 Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 22:12:10 -0700 Message-Id: <199912060512.WAA23774@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Brian Feldman Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/openssh Makefile In-Reply-To: <199912060449.UAA57257@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199912060449.UAA57257@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > green 1999/12/05 20:49:23 PST > > Modified files: > security/openssh Makefile > Log: > Good-bye, RESTRICTED. > > Reasons: > 1. It's not crypto. > 2. It links with crypto. > a. That crypto is in the public domain. > b. Linking with crypto does not constitute cryptography. Actually, it's not clear that this is the case. > 3. Even if it were crypto, the description of the entire protocol, etc., > is in the public domain. The RFC is PD in the USA, and the white paper > in Europe. Being in the public domain is completely irrelevant when it comes to the ITAR. Who said that US Govt. was logical? > 4. Precedence? Even if it were crypto, the Bernstein case has set > precedence for allowing export of that. But it's not even crypto. Only if you live in California, and only if you have WC's lawyers. If you're a mirror site in the US, then Bernstein's judgement doesnt' effect you, so you may be lable. I think this commit is ill-advised. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message