On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:30:50PM -0400, christophe barbe wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:30:35PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: > > Yes, it is normal. The reason is crypto-in-main: they have to be > > checked by ftp-masters first. > > I don't see why they should not be readable by everyone before being > checked by ftp-master. I don't said I disapprove that (for what it would > worth) but I don't understand the logic. Can someone explain?
When I read http://www.debian.org/legal/cryptoinmain correct, all Software that contains cryptographic functionality must be registered before it can legally be distributed. So the ftp-master must check if a new package contains cryptographic functionality and if it is already registered. hth, Frank -- *** Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *** *** http://www.djpig.de/ *** see also: - http://www.usta.de/ - http://fachschaft.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/
