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Date:      Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:52:10 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>
Cc:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mandating USA_RESIDENT
Message-ID:  <200001190252.VAA27401@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001181812250.10891-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20000118180616.B34556@dragon.nuxi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001181812250.10891-100000@hub.freebsd.org>

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<<On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:15:35 -0800 (PST), Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> said:

> Is this the same Garrett who persuaded me not to include the RSA code at
> all in the freefall repository so that people wouldn't get in trouble for
> simply posessing it? :)

No, this is the same Garrett who persuaded you not to include the RSA
code at all in the freefall repository so that I could continue to
maintain a mirror without getting into trouble with the Technology
Licensing Office.  I can (at work) *use* RSA all I want, but can't
distribute it without approval from TLO, who must be persuaded that
the Institute would benefit.  I think it took them something like six
months to come to agreement (with the then RSADSI) over the
distribution of free PGP.

This gets even more complicated when I start to involve my own private
activities -- such as participating in the FreeBSD Project as a
developer -- which is (part of) why I don't use software containing
RSA in the course of personal-time activities.  (And hence why I can't
log in to freefall, at least until markm and I get Kerberos
inter-realm set up.)

-GAWollman

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Garrett A. Wollman   | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same
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MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA|                     - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick


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