From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 18 9:46:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from pooh.elsevier.nl (pooh.elsevier.nl [145.36.9.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C2A61504E; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 09:46:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from steve@pooh.elsevier.nl) Received: (from steve@localhost) by pooh.elsevier.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA99429; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:46:24 GMT (envelope-from steve) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:46:23 -0000 (GMT) From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" To: (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) Subject: Re: Mandating USA_RESIDENT Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 18-Jan-00 Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: > Won't people get into legal trouble (technically) if they build the > wrong version? As far as I understand things specifying USA_RESIDENT=yes when it is not true is liable (technically) to get some US based ftp server operator in trouble (most likely Walnut Creek) by downloading export controlled material from a US ftp site (this seems insane to me but that is my understanding). It may also get the user into trouble depending on the legal status of crypto in their country. Setting USA_RESIDENT=no when it is not true is liable to get the user into trouble for patent violations. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message