RE: [gentoo-dev] Encryption Export

["Todd Wright" <wylie@geekasylum.org>]

> On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 21:50, Ryan Phillips wrote:
> >   Gentoo provides ebuilds, source archives, and binaries for openssl,
> > gpg, and many other high-encryption packages off of its own website and

> > PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EXPORT/IMPORT AND/OR USE OF STRONG CRYPTOGRAPHY
> > SOFTWARE, PROVIDING CRYPTOGRAPHY HOOKS OR EVEN JUST COMMUNICATING
> > TECHNICAL DETAILS ABOUT CRYPTOGRAPHY SOFTWARE IS ILLEGAL IN SOME PARTS
> > OF THE WORLD. SO, WHEN YOU IMPORT THIS PACKAGE TO YOUR COUNTRY, RE-

Preston Elder wrote:
> Binaries and source could be a problem, however ebuilds are irrelevant


Prez,

I know you'll know this... Didnt the USA remove or relax the restrictons on software encryption exports last year, such that software was no longer considered a 'munition'? I was fairly sure they did, however I dont recall the detail. Is this still relevant ?

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