Re: Only .changes files are readable in NEW/
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:30:50PM -0400, christophe barbe wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:30:35PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote:
> > Yes, it is normal. The reason is crypto-in-main: they have to be
> > checked by ftp-masters first.
>
> I don't see why they should not be readable by everyone before being
> checked by ftp-master. I don't said I disapprove that (for what it would
> worth) but I don't understand the logic. Can someone explain?
When I read http://www.debian.org/legal/cryptoinmain correct, all
Software that contains cryptographic functionality must be registered
before it can legally be distributed. So the ftp-master must check if
a new package contains cryptographic functionality and if it is
already registered.
hth,
Frank
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