> Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> >
> >
> > Also, if you want to get something is writing from BXA itself you
> > can request a written opinion from them as to whether or not the
> > concerns of the OpenSSL developers are valid. If you have a written
> > letter from BXA stating that OpenSSL cannot be affected in the future
> > due to source code exported under the current regulations everyone's
> > asses should be covered.
> >
>
> Well in the past when it comes to the area of future changes in export
> regulations things tend to go rather quiet.
Let me ask a slightly different question:
if the U.S. were to change the export laws to state that starting
today that software may no longer be exported from the U.S.; and
that all software currently exported from the U.S. that would no
longer be legal to export could not be used. And assume that
OpenSSL did contain significant amounts of U.S. source code, what
do you really believe the legal affect would be?
The U.S. can't enforce its laws against non-U.S. citizens or companies
in countries outside the U.S. And even if the OpenSSL developers were
to come to the U.S., what would they be charged with? Violation of an
export law that doesn't apply to them because they are not citizens of
the U.S.?
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St * New York, NY * 10025 * USA
http://www.kermit-project.org/ * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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