Re: Territorial Legal Issues and FTP Archives (was Re: Quake is GPL)
Fish Smith writes: The idea with non-US is mainly to offer encryption software. (illegal in US) Encryption software is not illegal in the US. It is illegal to export it from the US and therefor illegal to put it up on a public site accessible from outside the US, but it is perfectly legal to import it into the US and use it here. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin
Re: Territorial Legal Issues and FTP Archives (was Re: Quake is GPL)
The idea with non-US is mainly to offer encryption software. (illegal in US) Encryption software is not illegal in the US. It is illegal to export it from the US and therefor illegal to put it up on a public site accessible from outside the US, but it is perfectly legal to import it into the US and use it here. Okay, so it's illegal for it to be ONLINE in US, because effectively anything on the internet and most BBSes can be accessed outside the US. What I meant. = Fish of Borg Visit me on the web! http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Frontier/4874/stccg.html ///Archaeologists near mount Sinai have discovered what appears to be a missing page from the Bible. The page is currently being carbon dated in Bonn. If genuine it belongs at the beginning of the Bible and is believed to read To my Darling Candy. All Characters portrayed within this book are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.///Red Dwarf __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com
Re: Territorial Legal Issues and FTP Archives (was Re: Quake is GPL)
[snip] Why not? Here in the Netherlands mp3's and mp3 encoders are not illigal. BTW I can't think of any software that would be illigal here. But they have to be legal on the non-US mirrors as well as the main non-US FTP site. Isn't that why quake isn't included, because Germany and Argentina have it illegal? So if several countries with Debian mirrors have laws against mp3 encoders it wouldn't be in non-US, even if it was legal in the Netherlands. I don't understand why the non-US mirrors should be a problem here. Non-US is there to host packages that are illigal in other contries (like the US ;-) and if another country has a problem with that then: DON'T MIRROR! Regards, Onno
Re: Territorial Legal Issues and FTP Archives (was Re: Quake is GPL)
But they have to be legal on the non-US mirrors as well as the main non-US FTP site. Isn't that why quake isn't included, because Germany and Argentina have it illegal? So if several countries with Debian mirrors have laws against mp3 encoders it wouldn't be in non-US, even if it was legal in the Netherlands. I don't understand why the non-US mirrors should be a problem here. Non-US is there to host packages that are illigal in other contries (like the US ;-) and if another country has a problem with that then: DON'T MIRROR! The idea with non-US is mainly to offer encryption software. (illegal in US) In Germany plenty of people probably want encryption software but Quake is illegal. = Fish of Borg Visit me on the web! http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Frontier/4874/stccg.html ///Archaeologists near mount Sinai have discovered what appears to be a missing page from the Bible. The page is currently being carbon dated in Bonn. If genuine it belongs at the beginning of the Bible and is believed to read To my Darling Candy. All Characters portrayed within this book are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.///Red Dwarf __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com
Re: Territorial Legal Issues and FTP Archives (was Re: Quake is GPL)
I think the right solution is selecting a country with good connectivity and less stupid laws. What about canada? pandora is already in a perfect location... Thought we can't upload mp3 encoders to pandora? Or is that just because some mirrors couldn't handle it? Why not? Here in the Netherlands mp3's and mp3 encoders are not illigal. BTW I can't think of any software that would be illigal here. But they have to be legal on the non-US mirrors as well as the main non-US FTP site. Isn't that why quake isn't included, because Germany and Argentina have it illegal? So if several countries with Debian mirrors have laws against mp3 encoders it wouldn't be in non-US, even if it was legal in the Netherlands. Regards, Onno = Fish of Borg Visit me on the web! http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Frontier/4874/stccg.html ///Archaeologists near mount Sinai have discovered what appears to be a missing page from the Bible. The page is currently being carbon dated in Bonn. If genuine it belongs at the beginning of the Bible and is believed to read To my Darling Candy. All Characters portrayed within this book are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.///Red Dwarf __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com
