[103595] in Cypherpunks
Re: propose: `cypherpunks license' (Re: Wanted: Twofish source code)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Hohensee)
Wed Sep 30 17:57:34 1998
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 21:49:27 +0000
From: Michael Hohensee <mah248@is9.nyu.edu>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Michael Hohensee <mah248@is9.nyu.edu>
Ahh, but it's not *you* who's putting the restrictions on your software,
but the U.S. government. As far as I know (not that I'm a lawyer, or
anything) the U.S. govt. doesn't care what your license says --if it's
strong crypto, it's not supposed to be exported.
The license is probably irrelevant, as far as import/export is
concerned.
Derek Atkins wrote:
>
> The big issue I see with GPL and Crypto software is that with the GPL
> you cannot add any redistribution restrictions. The problem is that
> due to the United States export rules, I cannot export Crypto
> software, which means I must legally put a restriction on any Crypto
> code I write. But, this is a "further restriction" as far as the
> GPL is concerned. This, in turn, means I cannot use the GPL for
> Crypto software.
>
> -derek
> --
> Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
> URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
> warlord@MIT.EDU PGP key available
