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 -- Clifton Royston -- LavaNet Systems Architect -- cliftonr@lava.net The named which can be named is not the Eternal named. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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