Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:48:51 -0500 (EST) | From | juan j casero <> | Subject | Re: your mail |
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On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:05:51 -0500 (EST) > From: Nathan Bryant <nathan@burgessinc.com> > > For people who don't know, he's referring to a scheme where someone in the > U.S. would export cryptography software to someone in Canada, who would > then turn around and re-export the software to the rest of the world. > > This won't work; a U.S. resident who exports crypto to Canada with the > intention of having someone in Canada re-export the software WILL be > prosecutable in the U.S. Big Brother is watching! > > For any cryptography to be integrated into the mainline Linux kernel, the > cryptography will have to be implemented outside the U.S., and the kernel > will have to be maintained from outsided the U.S. Unless the cryptography > is usable only for authentication. Additionally, once crypto gets into the > mainline kernel, the kernel will not be re-exportable from the U.S. > > This is certainly one interpretation of the U.S. Export laws. Other > people have made other interpretations. Unless someone is a real > lawyer, and is willing to render a real Legal Opinion, people playing > net.lawyer is probably not a productive use of the linux-kernel channel. > > - Ted >
Ouch.......! That's smart........
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