Re: [Q] merging mainline kernel

["mike" <phar@thetransmission.net>]

actually.. as long as you release the code and have someone else build it
(without support)
in a country without export controls there is no issue..

the source code is free speech (see junger v. daley) and not subject to
export restrictions.

-phar
www.im-passe.com/phar


----- Original Message -----
From: "Harmon Seaver" <hseaver@cybershamanix.com>
To: "Thomas Sjögren" <thomas@northernsecurity.net>
Cc: <linux-crypto@nl.linux.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Q] merging mainline kernel


>    It would seem that the best places to publish the kernel itself and all
> crypto would be countries such as Germany and Japan who are pro-free
crypto. In
> fact, I think it's a very bad idea to have the kernel releases done in the
US at
> all in the current political climate. What's the point of taking a chance
of
> them being comprimised? I can download kernels from Germany just as easily
as I
> can from the US, perhaps a tiny bit slower.
>    I don't understand why the linux community releases kernels in the US,
> release them elsewhere and let the US mirror them. Besides, there are *no*
> regulations on import of crypto to the US, only export, so the solution
would
> seem obvious.
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 05:06:07PM +0200, Thomas Sjögren wrote:
> > On Saturday 07 September 2002 16:36, Michael Richardson wrote:
> >
> > >     mk> I'm not familiar with the limitations on crypto exports of
> > > U.S.
> > >
> > >   I strongly suggest that unless you want to be the Skyleroff, that
> > > you become familliar with them.
> >
> > Check out the Crypto Law Survey and the summary of international crypto
> > controls:
> > http://rechten.kub.nl/koops/cryptolaw/
> > http://rechten.kub.nl/koops/cryptolaw/cls-sum.htm
> >
> > /Thomas
> > --
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> Harmon Seaver
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