Messages in this thread |  | | From | Oskar Pearson <> | Subject | Re: unusual startup messages | Date | Thu, 31 Oct 1996 19:35:25 +0200 (GMT) |
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Hi
> >I think it's more of it's written in the US, and getting it in the kernel > >requires exporting it, which is illegal (tho reimplamenting it is legal, > >as is exporting a description of what needs doing, and I suspect that a > >patch is more than a description). > Hmmm.. I don't really get this bit of information. You're saying the kernel is > written in the US, which it's not, so that couldn't be a reason.
> It's absolutely right though, that according to the ammunition law of the US, > the im- and export of DES encryption software, or DES encrypted data is > illegal, unless you have a good reason and a permit to do so. Building it in > the kernel isn't a problem, sending it to people in Europe isn't a problem > either, but people from the US, and Linus himself, would be prosecutable if > anyone downloaded that kernel that resides in the US. (Completely moronic laws?
And once Linus moves to the States?
I wonder, is it illegal to code and compile encryption software in Finland while you are sitting in the US ;)
Will they shoot him if he then downloads it?
And more importantly: Will they refuse him a green card on the basis that he *might* do it?
Oskar
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