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Re: (LONG) Correct non-US solution



Jonathan Walther wrote:
> Thus, server foo in France will not download the ssh package, but if the
> maintainer of ssh always uploads to the Incoming on a canada.debian.org, all
> mirrors that are allowed to will hit every server in the master.list that
> might have the package until it finds the one (canada.debian.org) that has
> it.

Well what do you do about a mirror in the US that can import software but
cannot export it? You either have to somehow validate all downloads of that
software from the mirror are from people in the US, or you leave the mirror
open to downloads from everywhere and thus breaking the law.

-- 
see shy jo


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