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Re: Are DFSG free package in non-us part of Debian?



Ben Collins writes:
> It contains cryptography, which means it is import restricted.

I wrote:
> Wrong.  The US does not restrict the importation or use of cryptographic
> software.

Michael Beattie writes:
> Instead of knocking someone,...

I didn't knock him: I told him he was wrong.  Happens to all of us.  This
particular error is very common, and understandably so, given the bizarre
nature of the US crypto law.

> ...suggest that they misspelled "export"

A cutesy way of telling him he's wrong.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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