Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: DES module in kernel? | Date | Tue, 16 Mar 1999 08:55:57 -0800 (PST) |
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> > Then again, according to the Wassenaar agreement which the US also signed, > > they agreed to some odd clause saying 'if the encryption is in the public > > domain then export is legal'. > > hmmm...too bad the kernel isn't in the public domain, then? or can we get > away with writing a plug-in module that's public domain?
Public domain is used in Wassenaar to mean no-cost. The problem is that U.S. imposes unilateral rules beyond Wassenaar; in fact, the U.S. brags publicly that the Wassenaar crypto regulations is just an attempt to export the U.S. restrictions to other countries.
-hpa
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