On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote: >... > Programs which use patented algorithms that have a restrictied > license also need to be stored on "non-us", since that is located > in a country where it is not allowed to patent algorithms. >...
Any examples of such countries? > If this proposal gets accept it means Debian also shoud: > * notify the US government that we have a FTP site that distributes > crypto software. > * add a legal welcome message to our FTP site that informs people > about the regulations regarding crypto software. This also means > we will not be consciously exporting crypto to the 7 blacklisted > countries * Tell all the FTP mirrors of non-US that must of them are no longer allowed to ship non-US (e.g. ftp.de.debian.org is located in Germany where it's not 100% forbidden to patent algorithms). >... > Wichert. cu, Adrian -- A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble. -- Mahatma Ghandi