Re: US Debian Crypto Policy - Project leadership position
Im in agreement with this.
Dave, if you're going to stand up to the government, then DO it, and dont
use it as an excuse to be a prick, otherwise you'll lose (have lost some
already) the moral support we were prepared to give you.
Jonathan Walther
On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Dave, you do seem to like stirring up trouble. I too am a
> troublemaker, but I at least try to aim my trouble somewhere it will
> do some good.
>
> If it were just me I'd be quite happy to put all the crypto stuff on
> our US mirror sites. However, those mirror sites are doing us a
> favour, and unfortunately we don't have an abundance of well-connected
> sites willing to offer us space and willing to stand up to US
> government pressure.
>
> I'd be happier, even, if our master site were in one of the parts of
> Europe where we don't have laws (`unconstitutional' or otherwise)
> against exporting cryptographic software electronically.
>
> Any change here needs people running sites to come forward. To those
> of you who feel the issue is critical for you I say: go and find a
> good selection of well-run, well-connected sites willing to take the
> risk, and then we can talk about how bes to organise things. I'm sure
> Bruce feels the same way.
>
> Ian.
>
>
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