Piet van Oostrum wrote: >>>>>> "M.-A. Lemburg" <m...@egenix.com> (M-L) wrote: > >> M-L> Depending on how close a country follows the Wassenaar >> M-L> Arrangement (http://www.wassenaar.org/) OpenSSL, Python >> M-L> and all other open-source software falls under the >> M-L> GENERAL SOFTWARE NOTE part 2.: > >> M-L> """ >> M-L> The Lists do not control "software" which is either: >> M-L> 1. ... >> M-L> 2. "In the public domain". >> M-L> """ > >> M-L> If you're shipping a closed-source product that includes >> M-L> OpenSSL, then you'd have to follow the rules in category 5 >> M-L> part 2 of the dual-use list: > >> M-L> http://www.wassenaar.org/publicdocuments/index_CL.html > > But Python is not in the public domain. Open source != public domain. > Public domain means there is no copyright and no license attached to it, > AFAIK.
As already mentioned in the thread, the "in the public domain" phrase in the WA list refers to anything that is available to anyone without restrictions to dissemination, e.g. open-source software, freeware, etc. For things you sell, the more restrictive cat. 5 part 2 note applies if you ship crypto code. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 25 2009) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
