Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
Marco van de Voort schrieb:
On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 12:29:02PM +0100, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
Why is this relevant to a project which is predominantly European?
If Sourceforge can't distribute it because of the laws under which
they operate then we should look for an alternative.
The restriction is an *international* agreement, not limited to
SourceForge or the USA.
What restriction?
See the Wassenaar Arrangement <wassenaar.org>, Cat. 5.D.2 (encryption
software), and the participating states.
If it had treaty status, and was *ratified* by all parties (something
the USA, in particular, is extremely bad at) that would be one thing.
But as it stands it's little better than a cartel of arms-manufacturing
countries.
Are you really saying that because the Vatican isn't a signatory that we
shouldn't allow them to download an unexpurgated FPC?
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Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk
[Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues]
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