David Fetter wrote:
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 12:27:15PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Just exactly which encryption legislation are we talking about
here?
I know there was some fuss about this issue back in the early
1990s, but that was many, many law changes and court cases ago,
world-wide. It's far from clear to me that there's any reason
other than inertia not to roll the crypto stuff into the core
functionality and have done.
This seems a very USA-centric view of the problem. It's true that
the US export regulations no longer pose much of an issue for us
(but who's to say they might not become tighter again in future?);
the problem is there are lots of places where the laws are still
strict.
Which places, and what laws?
http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/cls-sum.htm
(Info only - I have not spent time considering the issue at hand thus,
counter to net tradition, offer no opinion.)
Cheers,
Steve
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