Re: Urgent: Mirroring of encryption software in the USA

[Rene Mayrhofer <rene.mayrhofer@vianova.at>]

Joseph Carter wrote:
> 
> 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.
What does this mean for mirrors of software produced in Europe ? Does every
mirror have to register with the government ?
Are there any mirrors of "non-US" software at the moment ?

Thanks for the answer,
Rene