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I'm waiting for governments to realize that export laws as they currently exist just don't apply to software. The way software crosses borders is different (i.e
by mkelly 17y ago
I'm waiting for governments to realize that export laws as they currently exist just don't apply to software. The way software crosses borders is different (i.e. it's irrelevant whether it does or not; there's no border with border guards to pass), and the way it's created and distributed is different (which is why "containerloads of Firefox" is funny).
I realize the laws probably won't change for a very long time, but hopefully everyone will accept much sooner that they're meaningless and unenforceable.
It was my understanding, though, that the encryption-as-munitions thing had expired and gone away, at least with regard to average strong-crypto programs like PGP. I can't find a good source for that now, though.