Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 18:46:52 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New port with DES stuff Message-ID: <199806030916.SAA02507@cain.gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jun 1998 11:12:14 %2B0200." <19980603111214.15508@follo.net>
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> If the code was written outside the US, it should be OK for you to do > this. There are two unrelated mainstream problems: > (a) Crypto may not be exported from the US. If you download it, I > believe you're in violation of the trade agreements. (I've no > idea how this apply if you download it off somebody that has > already broken the agreements...) Hmm.. I just realised that its a UK site, but the DES code was written in the US origionally?! > (b) RSA is patented in the US, so americans can only use the RSAref > implementation. The problem expire in a +- 1 year (but there > might be other PK patents that still apply). Even better, no one in the US can download this.. Well.. Sounds very confused.. I am :) Can someone else clear this up? --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software | |http://www.gsoft.com.au | |The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to| |choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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