On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 09:19:33PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > > What has this to do with non-US? > > > > > > non-free: it isn't free, e.g. uses patented algorithms like LZW or IDEA > > > > No, non-free is stuff that you can't charge money for distributing, or > > has other weird licensing issues like no commercial use. Most > > everything in non-free can't be put on a CD and sold. > > > > Stuff that can't be distributed can't go in non-free, since non-free > > is distributed via network at the very least. > > Policy section 2.1.4 says: > > `Non-free' contains packages which are not compliant with the DFSG or > which are encumbered by patents or other legal issues that make their > distribution problematic. > > All packages in `non-free' must be electronically distributable > across international borders. Many patent encumbered programs do not satisfy this requirement. > Note: The first section mentions patents explicitely. > > > > non-US: you are allowed to use it in both the US and outside, but you > > > aren't allowed to export it from the US because it contains > > > cryptographic code > > > > Also contains patent-encumbered code that is illegal to distribute > > from within the US. > > > > Since lame infringes on a German patent, it can't go in non-us either. > > Policy section 2.1.5 says: > > Some programs with cryptographic program code must be stored on the > "non-us" server because of export restrictions of the U.S. > > This applies only to packages which contain cryptographic code. A > package containing a program with an interface to a cryptographic > program or a program that's dynamically linked against a > cryptographic > library can be distributed if it is capable of running without the > cryptography library or program. > > Note: "This applies only to packages which contain cryptographic code." I can read too; as a mirror maintainer I'm telling you how things work in practice. -- Nathan Norman "Eschew Obfuscation" Network Engineer GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7 http://home.midco.net/~nnorman/ Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7
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