Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 10:25:37 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> Cc: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net>, FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: src code freeze is over for RELENG_4 Message-ID: <20000729102537.B236@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000729020215.A69204@mithrandr.moria.org>; from nbm@mithrandr.moria.org on Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 02:02:16AM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007281343450.43548-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.WNT.4.21.0007281832530.339-100000@armani.yourfit.com> <20000729004706.D237@parish> <20000729020215.A69204@mithrandr.moria.org>
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On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 02:02:16AM +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > On Sat 2000-07-29 (00:47), Mark Ovens wrote: > > > The trouble is (as someone else pointed out), there are still > > > countries in which private possession of strong crypto is illegal > > > ( (not so)Great Britain comes to mind). > > > > So what's your problem, sonny? > > > > JFYI, crypto is now part of src-all on our mirrors. > > That _is_ the problem. > > The policy changed and it has ramifications on some of our users in some > countries. I had a list of problem countries, and another person also > had one, and noone gave it much attention at all. > I realize that. The original message cited the UK as an example of a country where it is still illegal private individuals to own strong crypto; I was pointing out that this is not the case. > The whole point of the crypto distribution was to protect people who > couldn't use crypto. That included France at one stage, I believe, and > I believe the Netherlands has some legislation coming up. It still > applies to many Asian and African countries (not South Africa, luckily), > and some others. > > And now it sucks to be them because they can't buy, download, or use the > whole of FreeBSD without doing so illegally. > > Neil > -- > Neil Blakey-Milner > Sunesi Clinical Systems > nbm@mithrandr.moria.org -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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