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[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> Marco van de Voort schrieb:
>> On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 12:29:02PM +0100, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>>>> Why is this relevant to a project which is predominantly European? 
>>>> If Sourceforge can't distribute it because of the laws under which 
>>>> they operate then we should look for an alternative.
>>> The restriction is an *international* agreement, not limited to 
>>> SourceForge or the USA.
>>
>> What restriction?
> 
> See the Wassenaar Arrangement <wassenaar.org>, Cat. 5.D.2 (encryption 
> software), and the participating states.

If it had treaty status, and was *ratified* by all parties (something 
the USA, in particular, is extremely bad at) that would be one thing. 
But as it stands it's little better than a cartel of arms-manufacturing 
countries.

Are you really saying that because the Vatican isn't a signatory that we 
shouldn't allow them to download an unexpurgated FPC?

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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