Re: Urgent: Mirroring of encryption software in the USA

[Jens Müller <jens@unfaehig.de>]

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From: "Joseph Carter" <knghtbrd@debian.org>
To: "Jens Müller" <jens@unfaehig.de>
Cc: <debian-legal@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: Urgent: Mirroring of encryption software in the USA


> On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:21:57PM +0200, Jens Müller wrote:
> > No, that's illegal according to US export regulations (I think with
> > "software" you mean such software as covered by those regulations)
>
> Not so.
>
> Crypto software can now legally be exported provided you're willing to
> register yourself with the government as exporting software and agree to
> not knowingly export to countries such as Iraq, which the government
> happens to not like at the moment.
>
Oh... Is there then any reason to consider some things "non-US"?

Well, software patent reasons maybe... But the EU is likely to introduce
them here too, I fear...

Jens