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Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions
From: |
Walter Landry |
Subject: |
Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:49:15 -0400 (EDT) |
Mathieu Roy <address@hidden> wrote:
> En réponse à Rudy Gevaert <address@hidden>:
>
> >
> > Can someone give an answer to this?
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 09:01:22PM -0400, Walter Landry wrote:
> > > Rudy Gevaert <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> > >
> > > I just had another thought. I expect that in the near future, I will
> > > be incorporating cryptographic routines into ArX. Export
> > restrictions
> > > can make life quite complicated. Is that going to be a problem for
> > > Savannah? I can do the original bxa notification which should make
> > > everything ok, but I don't know what Savannah policy is about crypto.
>
> I think that the software should work with and without crypto.
> Users with the sources should be able to, when compiling the
> software, activate it or not. Along with the sources, if you provide
> binaries, you should provide binaries of both versions (with and
> without crypto). The users will be able to, at their option,
> according to their country's laws, use the appropriate version of
> your software.
The problem is not whether a person can use crypto [1]. The problem
is whether Savannah is willing to serve as a place where crypto is
going to be exported. Debian went through a long, painful process
before they decided to do that.
Thanks,
Walter Landry
address@hidden
[1] I didn't think this was a problem anymore. It used to be a
problem in France, but that situation has improved.
- [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Rudy Gevaert, 2003/08/12
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Mathieu Roy, 2003/08/13
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions,
Walter Landry <=
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Richard Stallman, 2003/08/13
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Mathieu Roy, 2003/08/14
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Richard Stallman, 2003/08/17
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Rudy Gevaert, 2003/08/17
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Mathieu Roy, 2003/08/18
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Richard Stallman, 2003/08/19
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Walter Landry, 2003/08/14
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Richard Stallman, 2003/08/16
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Walter Landry, 2003/08/17
- Re: [Savannah-hackers] export restrictions, Richard Stallman, 2003/08/18