>> The idea with non-US is mainly to offer encryption
software. (illegal
in
>> US)
>Encryption software is not illegal in the US. It is
>illegal to export
>it
>from the US and therefor illegal to put it up on a
>public site
>accessible
>from outside the US, but it is perfectly legal to
>import it
Fish Smith writes:
> The idea with non-US is mainly to offer encryption software. (illegal in
> US)
Encryption software is not illegal in the US. It is illegal to export it
from the US and therefor illegal to put it up on a public site accessible
from outside the US, but it is perfectly legal to
> >But they have to be legal on the non-US mirrors as
> >well as the main non-US FTP site. Isn't that why
> >quake isn't included, because Germany and Argentina
> >have it illegal? So if several countries with
> Debian
> >mirrors have laws against mp3 encoders it wouldn't
> be
> >in non-US, even
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>>Why not? Here in the Netherlands mp3's and mp3
>>encoders are not
>>illigal.
>
>>BTW I can't think of any software that would be
>>illigal here.
>
>But they have to be legal on the non-US mirrors as
>well as the main non-US FTP site. Isn't that why
>quake isn't included, because Germany a
How about creating a 'pre compiled' :) defense strategy like:
-- proving the Internet is NOT under laws of ANY country and
therefore distribution trough Internet regales of geographical location
of host and recipient is outside competency of ANY country.
(Sorry for my bad english)
Note:
>>> > I think the right solution is selecting a
country with good
connectivity
>>> > and less stupid laws. What about canada?
>>>
>>> pandora is already in a perfect location...
>>
>>Thought we can't upload mp3 encoders to pandora? Or
is that just
because
>>some mirrors couldn't handle it?
>Why
At 01:13 PM 12/26/99 +0100, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
>We should not, under any circumstances, mess our distro, only because
>some group of morons claiming to be `government' ban such package here or
>elsewhere. If there are such laws somewhere citizen of such country have only
>these posibilities
At 12:49 AM 12/27/99 +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 01:13:42PM +0100, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
>> We should not, under any circumstances, mess our distro, only because
>> some group of morons claiming to be `government' ban such package here or
>
>Try to be practical. The U
At 03:06 PM 12/25/99 +0100, Filip Van Raemdonck wrote:
>... as the primary non-US site is in Germany (IIRC).
Nope, non-US (pandora) is in the Netherlands...
Regards,
Onno
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On Tue, 28 Dec, 1999 à 03:23:25AM +0800, Mike Markley wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 01:56:00PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > > I've tried to be nice in this discussion. I'm no longer trying.
> >
> > > I WILL NOT CRIPPLE MY QUAKE PACKAGES TO SATISFY THE STUPIDITY INHERENT IN
> > > THE LAWS O
Quoting Eduardo Marcel Macan:
> We need to stop staring at our own bellybuttons (this is a local
> expression translated)
The American/English version is "contemplating our navel"
(navel being another term for bellybutton).
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On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 01:56:00PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > I've tried to be nice in this discussion. I'm no longer trying.
>
> > I WILL NOT CRIPPLE MY QUAKE PACKAGES TO SATISFY THE STUPIDITY INHERENT IN
> > THE LAWS OF EXACTLY TWO COUNTRIES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD THAT I KNOW OF. I
> > CONS
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 02:16:47PM +0100, Bart Schuller wrote:
> I would *not* ask others in different countries to do my work for me. It
> would offer no protection whatsoever.
Look, I know this message was not targeted at me, but I felt hit
because I started this thread.
The pur
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On 99-12-26 Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 02:37:04PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > > I would *personally* make sure that I was in compliance with the
> > > relevant laws. If I felt that that would take too much of my
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On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 02:37:04PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > I would *personally* make sure that I was in compliance with the
> > relevant laws. If I felt that that would take too much
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 02:22:55PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> On 99-12-26 Raul Miller wrote:
> > So how about volunteering to contact those ftp maintainers and let
> > them know about their governments' laws?
>
> And how has enough knowledge to do this? For example here in Germany you
> need t
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On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 09:45:52AM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > I'm confused; are you saying that quake source is legal in Germany, but
> > binaries aren't!? If that's not what you mean, w
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