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Re: Netscape cripples French software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Tue Apr 29 15:23:42 1997
To: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 20:00:34 +0100 (BST)
From: Ben Laurie <ben@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk>
Cc: froomkin@law.miami.edu, cryptography@c2.net, reidenberg@sprynet.com
In-Reply-To: <33662ACD.41C6@netscape.com> from "Tom Weinstein" at Apr 29, 97 10:07:25 am
Reply-To: ben@algroup.co.uk
Tom Weinstein wrote:
>
> Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> >
> > "Communicator Preview Release 3 Availability in France. In accordance
> > with French law barring S/MIME encryption, Netscape has removed
> > Communicator Standard and Professional products from the French
> > Netscape product download sites. We will be providing subsequent
> > Public Release versions of the Communicator with S/MIME encryption
> > disabled on the French download sites."
>
> What we're actually doing (starting in PR4) is separating out the
> export crippling from the executable. There will only be one
> executable (modulo l10n) and it will be configured by a signed policy
> file. In France, we'll have a policy file that will turn off all
> encryption, and only allow signing. In the US and Canada, we'll have
> one that lets you do everything. Everywhere else we'll have the normal
> export policy.
Gosh! The export laws allow you to do this?
Cheers,
Ben.
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