Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:10:11 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= <decke@FreeBSD.org> To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Cc: mexas@bristol.ac.uk, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Subject: Re: redports: USA_RESIDENT=YES ? Message-ID: <CAE-m3X0t_B55_S1nO9UQXLsxnLJ884qVX7P=en0am_7oFvvfOQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120928071414.GI74603@e-new.0x20.net> References: <201209271528.q8RFSoUR002657@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <CADLo839UPuc_LbtepTpi=yKesUwfVOO5EuUCzq_ie8Qs5E-%2B6g@mail.gmail.com> <20120928071414.GI74603@e-new.0x20.net>
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 04:36:34PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: >> On 27 Sep 2012 16:29, "Anton Shterenlikht" <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: >> > >> > What is the meaning of USA_RESIDENT=YES in redports build logs? >> > >> >> The US government considers cryptography a weapon, so exporting it is >> technically an offence. Therefore, a declaration that you're a US resident >> is required for strong cryptography, since the rest of the world is full of >> terrorists and whatnot. > > Is that still so? IIRC that is no longer true since a few years. Redports does generate packages but right now it does not allow to download any package so even if that is still valid I don't think we are "exporting" anything except logfiles. -- Bernhard Froehlich http://www.bluelife.at/
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