Re: DES module in kernel?
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 05:34:07 -0800 (PST)
> On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, G. Allen Morris III wrote:
>
> > What are the issues (legal?) of putting DES in the linux kernel?
>
> I'm not a lawyer but I think that officially it's illegal to export.
> We'll have international kernels soon that include various enctyption
> modules.
>
> Then again, according to the Wassenaar agreement which the US also signed,
> they agreed to some odd clause saying 'if the encryption is in the public
> domain then export is legal'.
Yes, but U.S., Russian, Chinese, and, until recently, French law go
way beyond Wassenaar.
-hpa
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