US Export of Cryptography

Sources: http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/txt/740.txt Section 740.13 (e) P.S. Sorry if this isn't the right list. It's the most appropriate as far as I can tell. -- Mark Reitblatt

Re: US Export of Cryptography

on of free speech. You may wish to tie yourself to policy, but we don't. Especially since it is not particularily future-proof. You see policy here, but that policy is restricted by court rulings. Which say that open source code is free speech. I'd say a 6th circuit court of appeals ruling that's stood for almost a decade is pretty damn future-proof. Much more so than federal law. So I see absolutely no need to change OpenBSD's policies. Please reconsider in light of my above points. -- Mark Reitblatt

Re: US Export of Cryptography

crypto export POLICY, we don't intend to change our approach. And nothing need be changed. Once the public code has been exported from the US, it is not subject to US jurisdiction or policy any more than code written elsewhere. -- Mark Reitblatt

Re: US Export of Cryptography

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