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Re: ITP: libmpeg3 -- an mpeg audio and video decoding library



On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 07:06:57PM -0700, Joshua Haberman wrote:
> 
> There is one legality issue regarding this library: it contains DeCSS
> code. The tarball contains a stub file that can be substituted for the
> source file containing DeCSS code, however the upstream tarball will
> still have the DeCSS code in it. How should I resolve this?
> 

libcss and other CSS implementations contain cryptography, so it needs to go
in non-us unless you complete a BXA export notification form. See the
debian-legal archives for information on where CSS containing programs
belong. Suggest non-us/main, or main if you complete an export notification. 

-- 
Brian Ristuccia
brian@ristuccia.com
bristucc@cs.uml.edu



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