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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Martin Pool <mb...@linuxcare.com.au> on 2000/01/25 02:35:40 UTC
Re: Crypto laws & binaries
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Brian Havard wrote:
> Hi all,
> Has anyone looked into the recent changes to US crypto law enough to answer
> the question, can I make an Apache+mod_ssl binary package available on
> www.apache.org without getting ASF into trouble?
My understanding (not being a US lawyer, mind you) is that your question
cannot be answered in the abstract; the government considers each case
one-by-one.
> I'd like to do so because it's quite big (3.4MB for the binary w/src) and
> my own server only has limited bandwidth.
We may be able to put it up on a well-connected machine in Australia if
that would help you. Of course it still would be very interesting to see
whether it can be distributed from the US.
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Martin Pool, Support Engineer, Linuxcare, Inc.
+61 2 6262 8990
mbp@linuxcare.com, http://www.linuxcare.com/
Linuxcare. At the center of Linux.
Re: Crypto laws & binaries
Posted by Brian Havard <br...@kheldar.apana.org.au>.
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 13:48:39 +1100 (EST), Martin Pool wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Brian Havard wrote:
>
>> >We may be able to put it up on a well-connected machine in Australia if
>> >that would help you.
>>
>> That'd be helpful, though I'm not talking about a linux binary. I'm the OS/2
>> guy around here :)
>
>That need not be a problem; we support free software in general as well as
>Linux.
Ok, cool :)
Can you either grab it from
http://silk.apana.org.au/pub/apache/apache_1.3.11-ssl-os2.zip or tell me
where to upload?
>(Anyhow, how many downloads is an OS/2 binary going to get? ;-)
Hmmm, well, lets see. The regular binary gets a few:
[taz] 12:14am 01 > zcat 23.gz | grep apache_1.3.11-os2.zip | wc -l
160
That's 160 downloads for the 23rd. Of course the demand for an SSL version
will be far less but you may be able to make a guess. I realize you were just
trying to take a cheap shot at OS/2 (smiley noted) but I like to respond to
FUD with facts :)
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Re: Crypto laws & binaries
Posted by Martin Pool <mb...@linuxcare.com.au>.
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Brian Havard wrote:
> >We may be able to put it up on a well-connected machine in Australia if
> >that would help you.
>
> That'd be helpful, though I'm not talking about a linux binary. I'm the OS/2
> guy around here :)
That need not be a problem; we support free software in general as well as
Linux.
(Anyhow, how many downloads is an OS/2 binary going to get? ;-)
--
Martin Pool, Support Engineer, Linuxcare, Inc.
+61 2 6262 8990
mbp@linuxcare.com, http://www.linuxcare.com/
Linuxcare. At the center of Linux.
Re: Crypto laws & binaries
Posted by Brian Havard <br...@kheldar.apana.org.au>.
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:35:40 +1100 (EST), Martin Pool wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Brian Havard wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Has anyone looked into the recent changes to US crypto law enough to answer
>> the question, can I make an Apache+mod_ssl binary package available on
>> www.apache.org without getting ASF into trouble?
>
>My understanding (not being a US lawyer, mind you) is that your question
>cannot be answered in the abstract; the government considers each case
>one-by-one.
I thought that's how it was _before_. If we have to get US government
approval for each individual package file then it's not all that helpful.
>> I'd like to do so because it's quite big (3.4MB for the binary w/src) and
>> my own server only has limited bandwidth.
>
>We may be able to put it up on a well-connected machine in Australia if
>that would help you.
That'd be helpful, though I'm not talking about a linux binary. I'm the OS/2
guy around here :)
>Of course it still would be very interesting to see
>whether it can be distributed from the US.
Yeah, and then there's all the mirror sites.......
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| Brian Havard | "He is not the messiah! |
| brianh@kheldar.apana.org.au | He's a very naughty boy!" - Life of Brian |
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