* Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050803 00:10]: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 12:55:01PM +0100, Jochen Voss wrote: > > Hello Steve, > > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 05:38:39PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 12:43:48PM -0400, Joe Smith wrote: > > > > Also, Based on another message I read (on this very list IIRC) Debian > > > > is > > > > used by the government as an example of the propper way to export open > > > > source cryptographic software. [...] > > > > Er, please provide a reference; I've never heard anything of the sort, and > > > google is no help. > > > A similar claim was on this list two weeks ago: in > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2005/07/msg00195.html > > Philip Hands writes > > > This is because the current export regulations from the USA > > require all crypto software to be notified to the authorities. It > > seems that when a new package is uploaded, regardless of what it > > might be, we inform them of the package name, and that it may now, > > or in the future, contain crypto. > > > This (admittedly silly) procedure has apparently been adopted by > > them as the shining example of how to do it right. > Ah, guess I missed that message, thanks. Well, though the source is more > credible, AFAICT this is still hearsay... does anyone know where this > assertion actually originated?
Bdale told that on the boat trip during Debconf to Phil and me (and other peoples sitting around). Cheers, Andi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
