On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 09:02:06AM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 09:30:49PM +0300, Gaal Yahas wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I'm not following lkml. Could anyone who is say why aren't the
> > > international and mainstream kernel trees being merged? (Or
> > > perhaps they are, but it'll take some time?)
> >
>
>
> What is lkml? Don't I have only one kernel src on my machine? Then why are
> you talking about merging the kernel trees?
Linux Kernel Mailing List. I recommend the excellent summaries at
http://kt.linuxcare.com .
> > It was suggested, but it was turned down because there are still many
> > countries in the world (I think Sweden was the example used) that have
> > encryption problems and they didn't want to limit Linux's distribution
> > or make mirroring illegal.
> >
>
>
> What encryption has to do with it?
Lots of countries have legal limitations on the use, export or import
of encryption software. The US recently lifted some of its own
limitations but many countries still have them. The Linux Kernel guys
want to make sure that people can download or create mirrors of the
kernel without risking themselves. So http://www.kerneli.org holds an
"international" (i.e., non-us, because of the US limitations in the
past) tree adding encryption to the main kernel. Apparently Linus now
wants to merge the trees, but to make sure that people who can't take
the encryption stuff can remove it easily.
> -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- Adi Stav
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