Re: Proposal (restricted packages)
john@dhh.gt.org writes:
> Oliver Elphick writes:
> > We need a database keyed on country code, that will contain flags
> > for certain conditions. The ones I can think of at present are
>
> > no import: (Germany - certain games)
> > no export: (USA - encryption)
> > no use: (France, Russia - encryption)
> > patent: (USA - RSA and others), expires: <date>
>
> Why does the transport software need to know anything more than what
> borders the package is forbidden to cross and in which direction? The
> details can go in a 'Restrictions' file in /usr/doc/<package>.
Well, "no use" has nothing to do with "no import". I don't know about
crypto import into France, but we had a similar case with modems some
time ago: we could even buy, and many stores sold non-homologated
modems, but we had no right of using them in France. Such hardware
was labeled "for export only". Nice, eh ?
In short: if we're going to build a *general* framework, Oliver's
suggestion suits me fine.
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