Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 03:01:01 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Encryption rules changes coming up - win for open source Message-ID: <200001130201.DAA62690@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> In-Reply-To: <85j9fc$1mso$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de>
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Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> wrote in list.freebsd-hackers: > The last two paragraphs are the most relevant to us. > > http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-encryption.html Hmm. These paragraphs don't sound that nice: [...] complex restrictions still affect programrs and others who want to exchange programs or source code to write programs. [...] ``The bad news is, if you want to send an encryption program outside of the United States, you still need to hire a lawyer,'' Davidson added. But then, at the end: People posting ``open source'' programs would be required to send the code, or a Web site address where the code was displayed, to the government. Basically, does this mean something like tar cf - /usr/src/crypto | mail president@whitehouse.gov ? :-) Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18/61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany (Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) "In jedem Stück Kohle wartet ein Diamant auf seine Geburt" (Terry Pratchett) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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