Re: Question regarding DL of Debian
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On Friday 28 June 2002 01:06, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 12:14:30AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote:
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> > On Thursday 27 June 2002 23:07, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 06:29:15PM -0400, David J. Weaver wrote:
> > > > I am in the US, but it sounds like (on the website) that I have to
> > > > download Non-US files to get US encryption? Is that right?
> > >
> > > Yes. They do this to get around the fact that the US has some rather
> > > braindead cryptography laws...
> >
> > Granted. But they are decidedly less braindead than they were ten years
> > ago...
>
> s/laws/regulations/
>
> AFAICT, it was/is the implementing regulations rather than the actual
> law where the cryptography exports were/are restricted. Though
> regulation /may/ actually be harder to change than the enabling
> legislation unless the changes are ramrodded from the top down or a
> court invalidates the regs.
Not likely, given the current political climate in the US ;(
Ian
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