>> 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
[snip]
>>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
>>> > 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
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