Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:16:35 -1000 From: Clifton Royston <cliftonr@lava.net> To: EKR <ekr@rtfm.com> Cc: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble installing xpdf port in 3.4-stable Message-ID: <20000229091635.A23590@lava.net> In-Reply-To: <kjk8jnhnui.fsf@romeo.rtfm.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002291309110.68115-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> <kjk8jnhnui.fsf@romeo.rtfm.com>
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On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 10:20:53AM -0800, EKR wrote:
> Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET> writes:
>
> > Yes, I think this could be done providing the host exporting the crypto is
> > in a slightly more free country like Canada. I'm sure our Canadian users
> > would be happy to aide in this, I'd be willing to host a crypto dist here
> > in Montreal (on uunet).
> The US government has essentially lifted all crypto export controls
> on Open Source software. There's no longer any problem with
> exporting strong crypto.
>
> All that is required is that you provide BXA a pointer to the
> web site when the crypto is first posted.
But isn't there a US patent issue (though it might expire later this
year, I believe) preventing distributing or using RSA code inside the
US without a license, unless you use RSA's approved reference version?
And my understanding is that the latter has various legal conditions
attached and so is undesirable for anybody outside the US. If I
understand their rules, I'm stretching it a bit by using from my home
machine to work, for instance.
-- Clifton
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Clifton Royston -- LavaNet Systems Architect -- cliftonr@lava.net
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