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Little known fact, Mozilla+Netscape fixed the export restriction for open source software which ultimately led to it being eliminated all together.
by asadotzler 12y ago
Little known fact, Mozilla+Netscape fixed the export restriction for open source software which ultimately led to it being eliminated all together.
- peterwwillis 12y agoAs far as i'm aware, they did no such thing. They created SSL and then a library that allowed them to control what encryption was used where, as well as be able to plug in better encryption overseas. They also were the first open source crypto library to get FIPS 140 validated. Actually it was the original openssl developers who created a fork of Mozilla just so you could use 128-bit crypto in the browser overseas.
- asadotzler 12y agoYou should read up on the legal challenges. You're missing the actual story in favor of watching the code.