[Lazarus] (no subject)

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> Bernd K. schrieb:
>> On 04.08.2012 13:29, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>>
>>> The restriction is an *international* agreement, not limited to 
>>> SourceForge or the USA. We should accept the weird political reasoning, 
>>
>> No. Such nonsense should not be accepted by *anybody* because by
>> accepting it you agree with it and nobody should ever agree with
>> something like this.
> 
> Of course you can ignore the facts, that Germany, Netherlands etc. 
> countries have signed the arrangement, and enforce the restrictions by 
> local law (EU wide, I suppose). But it may not be wise to do so...
> 
> FPC and Lazarus are not the right platforms for propagating political 
> opinions. Let's simply remove the Blowfish package, and everything is fine.

I think it's a decision for the core developers, who need to ensure- 
above all else- that they are not exposed to legal action in their home 
countries by what the project puts on a server somewhere.

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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