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Re: your mail



On Wednesday 21 May 2003 18:42, John Hasler wrote:
> Aryan Ameri writes:
> > OK, but my question was this, if P2 downloads software S is from a ftp
> > site in A, is he also doing anything wrong? Or are the laws only
> > restricting P1 ?
>
> How about doing a bit of research and actually looking up the current US
> regulations?  The fact is that it is perfectly legal to put Free Software
> that contains crypto up for worldwide public downloading from a US site
> provided one complies with some silly but not very onerous notification
> requirements.  Debian has an automated system for doing so, which is why
> crypto is in main now.

http://www.debian.org/legal/cryptoinmain

Makes my head hurt.
>
> > Could you please stop using the term "Evil Countries"?
>
> He is using the phrase sarcastically.

-- 
Mike M.



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