>> But I think it's just
>> discrimination that americans can download the ROM's and the people from
>> Europe don't.
>> What is the reason for this,
>
>As I understand it, it has to do with US export restrictions on crypto
>technology.
Exactly. Our government doesn't let us send "strong" encryption (like what
is in the Palm VII roms) to certain other countries. Plus as a separate
issue, the lawyers tell us that web-based clickwraps aren't necessarily
enforcable in all countries.
If someone has a better idea, I'm interested to hear it. As far as I can
tell the current situation, with one seeding license giving you everything
you need, is really good. The only complication is getting it in the first
place.
I'm not one of the people that adminster it, but if you follow the very
clearly stated instructions, INCLUDING the one that says exactly what to do
and where to send mail if you don't get a response soon enough, then I
think you'll get what you need. Not instantly, but the laws don't let us
do instant gratification.
-David Fedor
Palm Developer Support
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