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Those of us who were active back then did see the software. It was not kept off servers. It's just that I don't think archive.org was active at the time so we
by Tor3 3y ago
Those of us who were active back then did see the software. It was not kept off servers. It's just that I don't think archive.org was active at the time so we have no way of showing it to you, I believe.
Edit: As for Napster and DMCA, the Napster story happened in 1999 and the DMCA in 1998. The limitations on crypto were loosened in 1998 and 1999 and removed in 2000. In other words, Napster and DMCA isn't really relevant here - the encryption story mostly unfolded before that time.
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoYou are speaking past the GP by missing the de jure (their point) versus de facto (your point) aspect of the discussion, I think.
- Tor3 3y agoPossibly - but my impression is that the GP is rejecting as impossible what I'm stating - that in fact you could use cryptographic libraries in the US, because they were, indeed, available. GP seems to argue that they could not have been available because that would have allowed them to potentially be downloaded (exported) outside of the US, which was illegal at the time.