> I think nobody shall suffer of it.
> Just make a kernel with everithing needed for encryption but only
> xor encryption, and a separate patch that replaces xor by DES
>
> Everybody will be able to use the one they want.
>
> People ontside france can download nonDES version and patch it
> People inside france cannot download DES version and unpatch it,
> as they arent allowed to download a version with DES if Linus hasnt
> declared it to the government.
Nope.
The US Government considers this kind of crypto hook the same as exporting
crypto. (Kind of the way that some religions equate lusting after a woman the
same as adultry. Allowing crypto into your source is the same as encrypting in
the real world.)
The Apache group has run into the same problem. They tried the above approach
and still had a visit from the TLA who shall not be named.
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