Hi, On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 06:10:04AM +0000, James Troup wrote: > Hi, > > Debian has recently received legal advice explaining how we can > include software with cryptographic functionality in our main archive. > This document can be found at > <URL:http://www.debian.org/legal/cryptoinmain>. [...] > BXA regulations require that you not knowingly export to embargoed > countries, as a show of good faith you may wish to consider > implementing a reverse IP lookup that identifies the computer > requesting the download, and that blocks downloads of the > cryptographic archive to countries embargoed by the United States: > Cuba (.cu), Iran (.ir), Iraq (.iq), Libya (.ly), North Korea (.kp), > Syria (.sy), Sudan (.sd) and Taliban Occupied Afghanistan. In > addition, you might consider having a separate screen prior to > download, that advises the person downloading the software as follows: > James Troup [with thanks to Sam Hartman for the text] How far is the US law whatsoever applicable outside the US ? I guess the primary mirror sites within the US might considered to be under that law but i as a non-us citizen feel very unhappy beeing put under the US laws by running a debian mirror. Also there are large parts outside the US which are not afraid of communism and accept it beeing a different "lifestyle" and thus might completely disagree with the fact not beeing allowed to export to e.g. Cuba or North Korea. This all comes down to a political issue which is forced on debian mirror sites which i feel very unhappy with. BTW: > country subject to embargo by the United States, and that you will > not use the software directly or indirectly in the design, > development, stockpiling or use of nuclear, chemical or biological > weapons or missiles. Compiled binary code that is given away free THIS btw is against the DFSG paragraph 6 which explicitly states that there might not be a "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor" I vote for keeping the current situation where we dont have any govermental force on us. In the end only code matters. Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912 Nine nineth on september the 9th Welcome to the new billenium
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