From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26842 invoked by alias); 13 Jan 2004 16:55:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 26834 invoked from network); 13 Jan 2004 16:55:01 -0000 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:55:00 -0000 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton To: Andrew Lunn Cc: ecos-maintainers@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: export of openssl from US _is_ legal Message-ID: <20040113165509.GE18959@lkcl.net> References: <20040113164244.GC18959@lkcl.net> <20040113164955.GK11709@biferten.ma.tech.ascom.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040113164955.GK11709@biferten.ma.tech.ascom.ch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: lkcl@lkcl.net X-SW-Source: 2004-01/txt/msg00004.txt.bz2 On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 05:49:55PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 04:42:44PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > dear ecos maintainers, > > > > your web site incorrectly says that the openssl port cannot be > > hosted on a US server. > > > > open source projects _can_ be exported from the US. > > > > what you need to do is to inform the US government of _where_ > > the software can be obtained from. > > > > you need to do some research in order to find out the exact details. > > Sure, it can be done. The generic OpenSSL package does it, cygwin does > it. But as far as i know, its APITA to sort out. from what i understand, the notification - send an email - is sufficient. > Also, how long before the US government changes there mind and adds > new restrictions? cater for that by providing a non-us mirror? > Its safe to simply host is somewhere with more > freedom and avoid all this bother. :) good! l.