redports: USA_RESIDENT=YES ?

[Bernhard Fröhlich]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Lars Engels <lars.engels at 0x20.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 04:36:34PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
>> On 27 Sep 2012 16:29, "Anton Shterenlikht" <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> > What is the meaning of USA_RESIDENT=YES in redports build logs?
>> >
>>
>> The US government considers cryptography a weapon, so exporting it is
>> technically an offence.  Therefore, a declaration that you're a US resident
>> is required for strong cryptography, since the rest of the world is full of
>> terrorists and whatnot.
>
> Is that still so? IIRC that is no longer true since a few years.

Redports does generate packages but right now it does not allow to download
any package so even if that is still valid I don't think we are
"exporting" anything
except logfiles.

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Bernhard Froehlich
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