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Debian documents mention that "BXA revised the provisions of the EAR governing cryptographic software" in October 2000. Debian no longer has separate non-us rep
by avian 10y ago
Debian documents mention that "BXA revised the provisions of the EAR governing cryptographic software" in October 2000. Debian no longer has separate non-us repositories for crypto because of that.
https://www.debian.org/legal/cryptoinmain https://www.debian.org/legal/cryptoinmain
- makomk 10y agoOpen source software is now basically exempt from the crypto export restrictions, which is why Debian doesn't need separate non-US repositories for it anymore. As far as I know closed-source software is still restricted.