Re: Canada is in the free world?!?
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:
> I was just poking around and found a nifty page that explores Canada's
> policy on strong cryptographic software.
> http://insight.mcmaster.ca/org/efc/pages/doc/crypto-export.html
>
> It seem from reading this page that software that does not originate from
> the US (ie all of the crypt software in non-US) can be legally exported
> from Canada! Furthermore all crypt software developed within Canada can be
> exported. All of this is without permit or license.
>
> Does this mean that .ca's can setup a mirror of non-US? Furthermore does
> this mean a .ca can maintain and develop non-US software like gpg?
Yep. For the moment at least. I've been mirroring non-US for at
least a year now.
The government may be intent on introducing some new regulations
fairly quickly. They are hosting a closed-door OECD conference on
October 7-9 in Ottawa, where one of the key topics is
renewing/tightening up the Wassenaar agreement which restricts crypto
(and other munitions).
>From what I've read, it seems that the Canadian government wants to
set itself up as a "model" upon which other countries can base their
electronic commerce laws. They solicited comments on crypto policy
back in April. There hasn't been an awful lot of information directly
from the government about what they are going to do. From what I've
read in the press, it seems quite likely that they will impose new
crypto rules.
Here is Electronic Frontier Canada's Golden Key campaign.
http://www.efc.ca/pages/crypto/golden-key.html
Cheers,
- Jim
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