On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 02:54:31PM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 02:05:23PM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> > For what it's worth, every single line of code in Ethereal, including
> > that code, is open-source, so it's not as if it's hard to get that code
> > elsewhere, but we're dealing with bureaucracies here, so rationality is
> > only a minor consideration....
>
> Well, there are items on this at
>
> http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/EncFAQs6_17_02.html
>
> that apply to free software (see, for example, the answer to "What are
> the major features of this policy update?").
See also
http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/PubAvailEncSourceCodeNofify.html
The bottom line is that, as far as I know, no Ethereal developer has
gone through all the noise involved in dealing with this.
