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From: "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: Distributing the JSSE
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 01:45, Jon Stevens wrote:
> > Catalina does not distribute the JSSE (from the catalina/build.xml):
> >
> > <target name="copy-jsse.jar" if="copy.jsse.jar">
> > <!-- Cannot redistribute JSSE
> > <copy todir="${catalina.build}/common/lib" file="${jcert.jar}"/>
> > <copy todir="${catalina.build}/common/lib" file="${jnet.jar}"/>
> > <copy todir="${catalina.build}/common/lib" file="${jsse.jar}"/>
> > -->
> > </target>
> >
> > I would like to know why they don't redistribute it.
>
> Because the amount of paperwork needed to legally distribute it is
> huuuuuuuuge. The US export laws do allow non-profits and indviduals to
> distribute crypto things but they have to jump through a few hoops and
make
> sure they fill out oodles of stuff.
>
> Avalon was going to distribute it until Craig dropped a note on commons or
> ant list regarding this and gave a link. I followed it and it was much too
> much work to get it done legally so we dropped it. Craig do you still have
> that link ?
so this is an US export law issue and not a Sun License issue?
-.Kasper
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