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Re: crypto in non-free



On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 10:47:45PM -0800, Ben Reser wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 10:14:30PM +0000, Brian M. Carlson wrote:
> > non-US/non-free. crypto-in-main is crypto-in-*main*, not
> > crypto-in-non-free. That's part of the reason why we still have non-US.
> > This is due to some restrictions with the definition of "public domain"
> > that the government uses for BXA licenses; they don't care if it has a
> > copyright (which isn't really public domain) but it can't have a patent
> > or usage restrictions. You may have some trouble uploading, though;
> > klecker doesn't seem to be responding, at least to me.
> 
> I'd be interested in knowing where you got this idea?

Thanks for correcting me. The TSU exception came from memory; even
though I write crypto software all the time, it's always free, and so I
never have to worry about the specifics.

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Brian M. Carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> 0x560553e7

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