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Re: ITP seahorse



On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 08:17:13PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Mike Bilow writes:
> > I think there is a need to make clear and evident that the "full" version
> > is not US-exportable.
> 
> Why not label one "Contains crypto" and the other "Does not contain crypto"
> and let the vendors make their own decisions about what is exportable?  It
> seems to me that what the vendors need from Debian is information, not
> legal advice.
> 
> I think that people reading "not US-exportable" are likely to assume that
> Debian's attorneys have determined that to be true.  It is not at all clear
> to me that the crypto in question is not in fact exportable.

Not everything thing in non-US is there because of crypto--there are
also patent-ecumbered programs.

-- 
Mike Stone



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