On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 04:46:29AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 02:28:49PM -0800, Brent Fulgham wrote: > > Can anyone refresh my memory as to the legality of encryption-enabled builds > > of software inside the U.S. Did we (like Kernel.org) decide it was okay to > > host this in U.S.-based servers, or are we still recommending > > that members of the free world do such builds? > > > > If the answer is to not build inside the U.S., I need a non-US developer > > to help me build a SSL module for AOLserver. > > A flamewar on -private between myself, Manoj, and Ben Collins led to the > conclusion that it's not yet safe to distribute crypto in the U.S. I > posted another message to -devel a few minutes ago with more information.
I think what he is asking is if it's ok for him to build it and upload it to non-US. IMO, this is perfectly legitimate, but who knows for sure. Given that RedHat now includes GnuPG in it's 6.2 distribution, I'm thinking he can do it. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'