On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 02:05:23PM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> For what it's worth, every single line of code in Ethereal, including
> that code, is open-source, so it's not as if it's hard to get that code
> elsewhere, but we're dealing with bureaucracies here, so rationality is
> only a minor consideration....
Well, there are items on this at
http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/EncFAQs6_17_02.html
that apply to free software (see, for example, the answer to "What are
the major features of this policy update?").