Re: Non-US Packages
On Thursday 18 September 2003 11:04, Juan Pablo wrote:
> It's not clear to me what does Non-US mean?
> I read at
> http://www.debian.org/mirrors/list-non-US.html and I
> conclude it's about software wich is restricted to US
> (i.e. prohibited to export but available from other
> countries)
> But then I found
> http://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full.html and it
> says this are " packages that can't be distributed in
> the US due to software patents or use of encryption."
> So, what's the truth?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Juan Pablo
>
> P.S. Both pages say at the bottom "Last modified: Thu
> Sep 11 17:27:35 2003" so it is not about a recent
> change, isn't it?
>
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Hello,
Strong encription is illegal in the states, as it makes it to hard for magic
lantern/carnivore to read your mail.
Regards,
David.
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