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Re: glibc 2.0.110
- To: stano@trillian.eunet.sk
- Subject: Re: glibc 2.0.110
- From: Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:23:11 +1100
- CC: kettenis@phys.uva.nl, libc-alpha@cygnus.com
- References: <199901171847.TAA17240@trillian.eunet.sk>
> From: Stanislav Meduna <stano@trillian.eunet.sk>
> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:47:39 +0100 (CET)
> Cc: libc-alpha@cygnus.com
>
> > It's also on sourceware.cygnus.com.
> >
> > Which is located in the US, which makes it impossible for us non-US
> > citizens to download it without breaking the US export laws on
> > cryptographic software.
>
> Does somebody know whether the situation has changed
> after the Wassenaar Arrangement? It could well be
> that this is now a non-issue for many of us (there
> is some clause regarding software in the "public domain",
> but I am no lawyer to view all the implications
> of the text).
Wassenaar is only a treaty, it has no impact on national laws. The US
(and Australia) have much stricter rules than Wassenaar requires.
--
Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>