Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-22 Thread Siju George
On 5/19/07, Reiner Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At the moment the OpenBSD core system is not controlled by the EAR so long you don't download it from a US server. As a private person it is not a problem, but when a company want use OpenBSD and there is US crypto in, the thing will become ver

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-21 Thread Woodchuck
On Sun, 20 May 2007, dreamwvr wrote: > > -- > > Mark Reitblatt > > > The entire world is not the US. The entire world AND the US is addressed > by OpenBSD. Mr Reitblatt should be advised that there are some of us in the USA that are quite pleased with and in fact grateful for a reliable, free a

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-20 Thread dreamwvr
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 07:04:19PM -0500, Mark Reitblatt wrote: > On 5/19/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Can you quote a specific US law that says so? > >> > >> There is no need. US Law defers the specific details to regulatory > >> agencies. The ruling in Junger v. Daley confe

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-20 Thread Timo Schoeler
thus Mark Reitblatt spake: 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

Re: Fwd: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-20 Thread Reiner Jung
Mark Reitblatt wrote: (Sorry, forgot to reply-to-all) On 5/19/07, Reiner Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, the export regulations from the US government are very strict when there is any crypto code developed in the US. Developed in the US is = developed from a developer when he stay in th

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-19 Thread Ted Unangst
On 5/19/07, Darren Spruell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And having to "check in" with the beaurocratic mommies and daddies whenever you patch said crypto code doesn't seem exactly free from restrictions to at least me. what are you talking about?

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-19 Thread Ted Unangst
On 5/19/07, Chris Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 so

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-19 Thread Darren Spruell
On 5/19/07, Mark Reitblatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/19/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can you quote a specific US law that says so? > > > > There is no need. US Law defers the specific details to regulatory > > agencies. The ruling in Junger v. Daley conferred protected

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-19 Thread Mark Reitblatt
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

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-19 Thread Theo de Raadt
> Your unreasoned paranoia/ignorance is hardly a useful excuse. If you want to be insulting, why don't you start your own project where you can set your own stupid rules. You came here with an agenda, and you will leave here with your agenda completelyignored. You are wrong. Noone cares about a

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-19 Thread Mark Reitblatt
On 5/19/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can you quote a specific US law that says so? > > There is no need. US Law defers the specific details to regulatory > agencies. The ruling in Junger v. Daley conferred protected speech > status upon source code. That means no restrictions

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-19 Thread Chris Bennett
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

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-19 Thread Theo de Raadt
> On 5/19/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > After reviewing OpenBSD's current policies on US contributions of > > > cryptography, and current US law, I'd like a clarification. Current US > > > law (c.f. the short guide > > > http://www.bis.doc.gov/encryption/lechart1.htm) allows th

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-19 Thread Reiner Jung
Hi, the export regulations from the US government are very strict when there is any crypto code developed in the US. Developed in the US is = developed from a developer when he stay in the US, when he work for a US company (also abroad), when he have a green-card or when he is US citizen and wri

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-18 Thread Mark Reitblatt
On 5/19/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After reviewing OpenBSD's current policies on US contributions of > cryptography, and current US law, I'd like a clarification. Current US > law (c.f. the short guide > http://www.bis.doc.gov/encryption/lechart1.htm) allows the unlicensed > e

Re: US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-18 Thread Theo de Raadt
> After reviewing OpenBSD's current policies on US contributions of > cryptography, and current US law, I'd like a clarification. Current US > law (c.f. the short guide > http://www.bis.doc.gov/encryption/lechart1.htm) allows the unlicensed > export/reexport of open source encryption source code. T

US Export of Cryptography

2007-05-18 Thread Mark Reitblatt
After reviewing OpenBSD's current policies on US contributions of cryptography, and current US law, I'd like a clarification. Current US law (c.f. the short guide http://www.bis.doc.gov/encryption/lechart1.htm) allows the unlicensed export/reexport of open source encryption source code. The only r