Military Drops OpenBSD Funding Because of de Raadt's Antiwar Comment

Peter Fairbrother zenadsl6186 at zen.co.uk
Fri Apr 25 04:45:08 PDT 2003


Ben Laurie wrote:

>> There are potential problems ahead for OpenSSL in the UK. The EU dual-use/
>> (including crypto) export control regulations might be about to be
>> implemented here, under the Export Control Act 2002,.. but it won't affect
>> the actual releases, just talking about them beforehand...
> 
> Amusing. Not. Incidentally, OpenSSL is (currently) hosted in
> Switzerland, if that matters.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ben.

It looks like you'll need a licence (or registration) to run a mirror of the
BSD's, Linuxes, etc..

Will probably apply in all EU countries soon.


-- 
Peter Fairbrother





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