international crypto laws

[Andrew Stesin]

I think this is reasonable.

WBR,
Andrew

2010/10/15 Julian H. Stacey <jhs at berklix.com>:
> To quote 8.1-RELEASE/src/crypto/README
>        ...
>        The separation between src/contrib and src/crypto
>        is the result of an old USA law, which made these sources export
>        controlled, so they had to be kept separate.
>
> As international crypto laws are ever changing play things of
> ignorant politicians, & a pain in the orifice to track, & as FreeBSD
> is an international project, it's not just USA law that can be problematic.
>
> We could outsource disinterest in the wold's mess of crypto laws,
> by adding a URL to this:
>        http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/
>        Crypto Law Survey indexed by country
>
> Cheers,
> Julian
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> Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com
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