Re: ftp.kernel.org vs. ftp.funet.fi

anderson@optical.bms.com
Sun, 20 Apr 1997 20:38:39 -0400 (EDT)


>>>>> "David" == David S Miller <davem@jenolan.rutgers.edu> writes:

David> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 16:31:33 +0200
David> From: "Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de>

David> Only if ftp.kernel.org is NOT in the USA ... I don't like to get
David> the some kernel sources printed on papers, because the stuff is not
David> legal to be exported out of the USA.

David> If this is the case, how does Linus get it to Finland legally then?
David> If you can't export it, how could he? ;-) just a thought...

If his machine is part of an encrypted VPN to a machine in Finland and he
edits the kernel and saves it, is it "really" exported? :-) Did it really
ever leave Finland? Logic says no, US Government says "absolutely".

Jay

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