On 5/19/07, Chris Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Theo de Raadt wrote: > > Yeah, right. Those of us looking from the outside do not have such > simplistic views of the US, sorry. > > But our viewpoint is not purely about OpenBSD as open source. We > make our code available for people to use in a commercial setting, > so we must meet a higher standard. > > As the only completely operating system focused on staying outside the > realm of US crypto export POLICY, we don't intend to change our > approach. > > How does current US law/policy affect someone traveling with OpenBSD? Is having OpenBSD on my laptop a problem? Does downloading in the US from a server outside the US solve travel problems? Is carrying OpenBSD on cd's also a problem? I will soon be traveling and want to avoid problems.
You fall under section 740.14 of the EAR. Excepting travel to one of the prohibited countries (illegal for a US citizen anyways), you are ok if it is under "personal ownership" and in "usual and reasonable quantities". IOW, you have nothing to worry about. Unless of course you are unwilling to restrict yourself to current US policy, in which case you'd better not bring any computer HW, cell phone, or "advanced" electronic device at all. After all, it might become restricted in the unforeseeable future.
Thanks for keeping OpenBSD clean from US control.
If I understand the laws correctly, what I propose would not change OpenBSD's freedom from US control.
As an American citizen, I am absolutely terrified with the Fascist direction my country is headed.
Then do something about it. It's a democracy for a reason.
I think OpenBSD would have problems in the near future if it became entangled with US cryptography laws.
I'm sure that you base this assumption on specific, relevant court cases/laws effective since source code received protected speech status? Or just the same sort of gut feeling that tells people that evolution isn't true?
-- Mark Reitblatt
