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From: deraadt@theos.com (Theo de Raadt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc
Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community"
Date: 03 Apr 1997 19:02:16 GMT
Organization: Theo Ports Kernels For Fun And Profit
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In-reply-to: j@ida.interface-business.de's message of 3 Apr 1997 14:03:53 GMT
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In article <5i0dc9$45t@innocence.interface-business.de> j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) writes:
DPete@why.net (Dan Petersen) wrote:
> OpenBSD is based in Canada,
> so has fewer problems distributing encryption software.
Canada is freed from the ITAR braindamage? That would be news. :-)
Dan didn't mention ITAR.
ITAR is not relevant to the type of crypto that OpenBSD is exporting
from Canada. ITAR is only relevant to crypto technology that has
passed through the USA.
See:
href=http://insight.mcmaster.ca/org/efc/pages/doc/crypto-export.html
Also, this is an excerpt from the actual relevant laws:
href=http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html
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