Hi, On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 10:00:49PM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> 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. Considering the legislators' feeling for these matters, I'm surprised nobody's been able to convince these people to allow registration to happen in write only memory. Cheers, Emile. -- E-Advies - Emile van Bergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 http://www.e-advies.nl
