Trevor Perrin <trevp@trevp.net> writes:
At 10:15 AM 6/30/2004 +0100, Michael Hudson wrote:
Unfortunately, distributing crypto software is still a hideous international mess (just because the *US* is less silly these days...).
Things have been liberalizing rapidly. I'm not sure how true that is anymore, though I don't have direct experience (aside from offering some crypto software on a website; people download it from all over the place, but maybe they're scofflaws, who knows).
I know US export is no problem. According to [1], most countries have no laws restricting imports, with the notable exception of ex-USSR countries and China, which require licenses. I've heard anecdotally the Russian requirements are mostly ignored [2]. I don't know about China.
Interesting, thanks. The concept of Python being 'imported' or 'exported' still strikes me as meaningless, but I'm not going to worry about it. Cheers, mwh -- Many of the posts you see on Usenet are actually from moths. You can tell which posters they are by their attraction to the flames. -- Internet Oracularity #1279-06