On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 12:55:01PM +0100, Jochen Voss wrote: > Hello Steve, > On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 05:38:39PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 12:43:48PM -0400, Joe Smith wrote: > > > Also, Based on another message I read (on this very list IIRC) Debian is > > > used by the government as an example of the propper way to export open > > > source cryptographic software. [...] > > Er, please provide a reference; I've never heard anything of the sort, and > > google is no help. > A similar claim was on this list two weeks ago: in > http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2005/07/msg00195.html > Philip Hands writes > This is because the current export regulations from the USA > require all crypto software to be notified to the authorities. It > seems that when a new package is uploaded, regardless of what it > might be, we inform them of the package name, and that it may now, > or in the future, contain crypto. > This (admittedly silly) procedure has apparently been adopted by > them as the shining example of how to do it right. Ah, guess I missed that message, thanks. Well, though the source is more credible, AFAICT this is still hearsay... does anyone know where this assertion actually originated? -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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