On 27 April 2010 17:11, Søren Hauberg <so...@hauberg.org> wrote:

> tor, 22 04 2010 kl. 07:38 +0200, skrev David Bateman:
> > Octave includes the MD5 hashing algorithm and uses /dev/random if
> > available in the core of Octave and there is an implementation of SHA1
> > in the octave-forge package general.. These are about the only crypto
> > like functions that I know of in Octave, MD5 and SHA1 are hashing
> > unctions and not crypto at all
>
> Okay, then I don't think we can forgo the US export control.
>
> Thanks
> Søren
>

We can't? But if I understood it correctly, David said that they are not
related to encryption, just hashing.

Also, if we couldn't be above that US rule, would staying in sourceforge be
a preferable option than hinder and/or block access of some people to free
software (which I guess would not be free anymore)?

Carnë
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