On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 02:25:04PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 02:10:40PM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > > Unless there are any objections, I will download this package from Tord > > Jansson's site in .se to pandora (a non-US machine in .nl) within the next > > few days, apply my patch to debianize it on pandora, and place the results > > in incoming on that machine. > > > > Here's the contents of the copyright file I prepared: > > > > It was downloaded from > > <http://home.swipnet.se/~w-82625/encoder/source/bladeenc-081-src-stable.tar.gz> > > > > Copyright: > > > > BladeEnc is free software, distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public > > License. See the file /usr/doc/copyright/LGPL, BladeEnc's homepage > > <http://www.bladeenc.cjb.net> or <http://www.fsf.org/> for more details. > > I have an objection. US crypto laws do not allow you to even aide in the > "developement" of crypto remotely (like what you want to do, and yes > compiling is considered developement). >
There's a precident for the legal export of cryptography already in the US. I belive DJB won his case. But it's not an issue, as bladeenc is a mp3 encoder, not cryptographic software. > Please don't toy with US export laws at Debian's expense. If you want to > challenge the laws, get your own server please. > As best I know, this matter is not covered by US export laws. It's covered by patent law. It seems you've done something similar with gimp-nonfree. You also live in the US, correct? Let's see what debian-legal has to say. I haven't got a straight yes or no from them yet. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
