Re: Question regarding DL of Debian
On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 12:14:30AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote:
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> On Thursday 27 June 2002 23:07, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 06:29:15PM -0400, David J. Weaver wrote:
> > > I am in the US, but it sounds like (on the website) that I have to
> > > download Non-US files to get US encryption? Is that right?
> >
> > Yes. They do this to get around the fact that the US has some rather
> > braindead cryptography laws...
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> Granted. But they are decidedly less braindead than they were ten years
> ago...
s/laws/regulations/
AFAICT, it was/is the implementing regulations rather than the actual
law where the cryptography exports were/are restricted. Though
regulation /may/ actually be harder to change than the enabling
legislation unless the changes are ramrodded from the top down or a
court invalidates the regs.
There's apparently a treaty relating to this matter called the
"Wassenaar Arrangement" and some Executive Orders thrown in for good
measure...
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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