on Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 08:04:22PM -0700, Juan Pablo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > It's not clear to me what does Non-US mean? > I read at > http://www.debian.org/mirrors/list-non-US.html and I > conclude it's about software wich is restricted to US (i.e. prohibited > to export but available from other countries)
It depends on the restrictions. Prior to ITAR regulations revision,s it was legal to import, but illegal to export, strong crypto from/to the the US. The rational response, of course, was that most crypto development migrated offshore. Additional restrictions arise from patent and other restrictions. The non-US mirrors consist of _just_ the packages All told, this accounts to 224 packages per my count (stable, testing, and unstable). > But then I found > http://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full.html and it > says this are " packages that can't be distributed in the US due to > software patents or use of encryption." The full mirrors include _both_ the non-US and the unrestricted packages. > So, what's the truth? Very expensive. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
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