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Re: PGP issues

Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de> writes:

> I just discovered that we have pgp-i _and_ pgp-us in non-us. So why
> is pgp-us in `non-us'? And why do both packages have
> 
>  Description: Public key encryption system (International version)
> 
> in their control file? (Or does the `us' in the package name refer to
> something different?)

That's simply a bug in the description field which I've already filed
a while ago.  The difference between the two has to do with copyright
violations on the RSA algorithm.  pgp-us version uses RSAREF, and
pgp-i uses Zimmerman's implementation of RSA.  They are functionally
identical, but it is illegal to use pgp-i in the US.

> If I remember right, the US version of pgp may _not_ be exported from the
> US.

Yes, but it may be imported into the US.  It can't be on a US ftp site
because it may be illegal to put non-exportable software on a site
which can be accessed from outside the US.  Lars explicitly said that
he 

The issue is somewhat in flux right now due to a recent judicial
ruling on the unconstitutionality of some parts of ITAR.  It is now
legal to make at least the source code of pgp-us available on ftp
sites in California.  It will probably take further court rulings
before it is established whether the ruling is nation-wide and whether
object-code also falls under First Amendment free speech protection.


Guy


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