Re: Are DFSG free package in non-us part of Debian?
James Troup writes:
> If we put crypto software into main, we will be responsible for several
> mirrors unwittingly violating US export laws. However lame we think the
> laws may be, deliberately inducing other people to unknowingly break the
> law is not something we should *ever* contemplate doing.
It is worse than that. Putting the software on an ftp site from which you
know it is likely to be exported is the same as exporting it yourself as
far as the law is concerned.
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