On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 03:17:58PM +0400, olive wrote: > Frank Lenaerts wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have been reading http://www.debian.org/legal/cryptoinmain to find > >out what it takes to create a product using Debian GNU/Linux as > >operating system. Pointers to more recent information are welcome. > > > >Am I correct that, in order to be able to export a product using > >Debian GNU/Linux, to countries under US embargo, I would have to > >remove all encryption related material? > > > >If so, what does "remove" mean then? Would I have to rebuild > >everything without encryption or would it be enough to remove > >applications like for instance ssh? > > > > > >cu, > > > > From previous discussions, I don't think *licenses* can prevent you to
Any pointers to previous discussions? > export to a country under US embargo (such a license would be non free). I agree. > US laws might prevent from doing this if you are a US citizen (or live It think it even goes further i.e. I don't think this is limited to US citizens. As I understand it, nobody (worldwide) is allowed to export anything (free software and proprietary software) containing encryption to the US embargo countries. > in the US) but this is not the topic of this list. I am not a US citizen > (nor does I live in the US) but I think that you can't export anything I think you can as long as it doesn't contain encryption (in this context). Question is how far you have to go i.e. compile a whole distro from source without any encryption (Is this possible at all? That's a lot more work!) or just use an existing distro and limit functionality (It works and you can reuse more.). > from the US to a country under US embargo. Of course nothing prevent a > user living in a country under US embargo to download Debian from a > non-US mirror. That's another discussion. > All of this is just my understanding of the current situation, it is not > a legal advise (for that you have to consult your lawyer). > > Olive -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." -- Henry Spencer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
