Re: US Encryption Policy Change Now Official!

[Siggy Brentrup <bsb@winnegan.de>]

Erik Andersen <andersen@xmission.com> writes:

> Looks like it is now official!!!  It looks like we
> can now export Open Source encryption without a license!
> The only restriction seems to be:
> 
>     "The exporter must submit to the Bureau of Export Administration a copy of the
>     source code, or a written notification of its Internet location, by the time of
>     export. Foreign products made with the unrestricted source code do not require
>     review and classification by the U.S. Government for reexport."
> 
> http://linuxtoday.com/stories/15034.html

I followed the links on that page and found in the summary of
 http://www.epic.org/crypto/export_controls/regs_1_00.html

<cite>
Restrictions on terrorist supporting states (Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya,
North Korea, Sudan or Syria), their nationals and other sanctioned
entities are not changed by this rule.
</cite>

IMHO this isn't DFSG compliant!

Thanks
  Siggy

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