Re: 2.3.x wish list?

Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Sun, 16 May 1999 11:42:47 +0100 (GMT)


On Fri, 14 May 1999, Michael B. Trausch wrote:

> > - Encryption at the IP level (IPsec?)
> >
> > Non-exportable, so cannot go into the standard kernel.
>
> Wrong. There is a court ruling that says that if source code to
> encryption is available, then the encryption is ruled as speech and as
> such, it is unconstitutional to limit the exportation of it.

Great. You just made Linux illegal in France. (Actually, it's just /use/
rather than import/export, isn't it?)

There's much more to the kernel crypto issue that just the USA's export
rules.

Matthew.

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