Re: Is E Free? Bill Frantz (frantz@netcom.com)
Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:24:38 -0800

At 8:19 AM -0800 1/14/00, hal@finney.org wrote:
>Bill Frantz wrote:
>>
>> At 8:31 AM -0800 1/13/00, Mark S. Miller wrote:
>> >So, should I feel free to drop daffE, incorporate Tyler's changes into the
>> >domestic source tree, build E domestically, and distribute it from a
>> >domestic site? For E, since it's open source, is the nonsense over? Is it
>> >safe? Opinions please, before I take this step. Thanks.
>>
>> In 4 months when the regulations go into effect.
>
>John Gilmore wrote to the linux-ipsec list yesterday:
>
>> The new regs take effect immediately upon official publication,
>> which should be in Friday's "Federal Register". The Commerce Dept
>> is asking for comments for the next 120 days and may issue further
>> alterations to the regs after that.
>
>He is usually pretty knowledgeable about this stuff, having spent mucho
>bucks fighting with the US in court over this issue for the past few
>years.

I'll go with John on this item. My 4 months came from vague memories of an article in the paper.


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