>
> As I keep saying, this is not my concern, it is the potential
> restriction on _future_ use of OpenSSL by U.S. citizens that concerns
> me.
The U.S. government cannot tell a U.S. company or citizen that it
cannot import OpenSSL. The laws that are being used to control
exports cannot be applied to imports. Nor can they be applied to
software that is used by U.S. companies and citizens that was acquired
outside the U.S.
You have voiced this concern several times now without describing what
restriction you think might be applicable to a U.S. company or
citizen.
> > > _explicitly_ reserve the right to make future restrictions on exported
> > > code. I know that opinion mostly says that that would be, in practice,
> > > impossible, but...
> >
> > More than impossible, really, against the US constitution.
>
> Please support that claim (saying that the consitution prevents past
> acts from being made illegal does not support it).
U.S. Constitution Section 9
"No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed."
The government may not pass a law today that changes the rules of
yesterday.
> We _have_ listened to Cindy Cohn. She supports my views. I am in the
> process of getting even more comprehensive advice from her for the ASF.
> Regrettably, it still looks like we have a problem.
I would really like to see a published opinion from anyone that
believes there is a problem. Without such an opinion it is impossible
for me or anyone else to produce the evidence necessary (including a
written letter from BXA) refuting the opinion.
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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