Sven Luther writes: > On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 08:49:14PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: >> >> As a practical consideration, if the requirement extends beyond what >> we're already doing for crypto-in-main (e.g., if it requires us to send >> the government a copy *every time* someone downloads), I think we would > > And even that, i think is not acceptable. Already our current policy to inform > the US governement of every contribution a member makes is an dangerous > privacy concern. And if you would go the chinese dissident way (or maybe the > iraqui freedom figther way :), a maintainer could get in trouble over this > reporting.
Come again? Under the current rules, we have to give the US government a (single) source code copy of any software that we distribute. The whole world can download the same software. How does that constitute any sort of privacy concern? Michael Poole
