Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 02:02:16 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net>, FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: src code freeze is over for RELENG_4 Message-ID: <20000729020215.A69204@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <20000729004706.D237@parish>; from marko@freebsd.org on Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 12:47:06AM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007281343450.43548-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.WNT.4.21.0007281832530.339-100000@armani.yourfit.com> <20000729004706.D237@parish>
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On Sat 2000-07-29 (00:47), Mark Ovens wrote: > > The trouble is (as someone else pointed out), there are still > > countries in which private possession of strong crypto is illegal > > ( (not so)Great Britain comes to mind). > > So what's your problem, sonny? > > JFYI, crypto is now part of src-all on our mirrors. That _is_ the problem. The policy changed and it has ramifications on some of our users in some countries. I had a list of problem countries, and another person also had one, and noone gave it much attention at all. The whole point of the crypto distribution was to protect people who couldn't use crypto. That included France at one stage, I believe, and I believe the Netherlands has some legislation coming up. It still applies to many Asian and African countries (not South Africa, luckily), and some others. And now it sucks to be them because they can't buy, download, or use the whole of FreeBSD without doing so illegally. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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