-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Eliezer Figueroa wrote:
> Packeges in non-us means that they are not in english? > No, it means that export restrictions prevent them from being made available for download from a site in the USA. For example, there are laws in the US stating that it is illegal to export strong encryption software (they think terrorists will use it or something). So, if it's available for download from a US site and somebody in Libya downloads it, then the people who made it available in the US are guilty of a federal offense, even if they never intended to break a law. By putting packages like this on a server in a country that does not have laws forbidding the exportation of these packages, Debian can makde strong encryption software like ssh and pgp available for download anywhere in the world. noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' This message was composed in a 100% Microsoft free environment. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNsHxUYdCcpBjGWoFAQHWJQP/biuoTalsznSDKah9jHiefPmEn7yH6gKk BKH36Vcr8+l4jgAjjIyjPeMq+zyra7ZjV9wB9y5i4enxTiBVMvx2+MEnJ6dw73Eg 631qTjM5G3FoWcIBOi0lj8HHj+pzfNDhV7s7BsT6qIjugagogtN+JCXcJNPfKjF0 HG+d0KN4TpY= =6VPH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
