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How does this effect open source?

• tyingq 7y ago
  When ITAR put similar restrictions on several encryption algorithms, programs that needed encryption would have a Makefile that would work with 2 different implementations (one US made, one not) of a library. The end user had to find and download the right library.
• frumiousirc 7y ago
  Debian used to have "non-us" to hold things like SSH (maybe still does). These software "munitions" where then simply "imported" to the US each install or upgrade that occurred on Debian systems located in the US. Ironically, instead of keeping the tech "in house" these export controls kept the tech at a distance, making things slightly more inconvenient to use for people in the US.