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On 01/09/2017 11:39 PM, Daniel Campbell wrote: |
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> On 01/06/2017 02:48 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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>> Am Donnerstag, 5. Januar 2017, 17:14:51 CET schrieb William L. Thomson Jr.: |
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>>> Keep in mind the US is founded on freedom of speech. An open source project |
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>>> could be argued along the same lines as freedom of speech and expression. |
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>>> Not to mention an argument could be made for technical benefit of all, etc. |
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>> As someone routinely dealing (outside Gentoo) with technology that falls under |
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>> US export control, I can assure you that freedom of speech has absolutely |
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>> nothing to do with this topic. |
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> What type of software would that be, if you don't mind me asking? Is it |
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> something specific with US <-> Germany (that's your home country right?) |
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> laws? |
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> The only thing I've ever seen was the US's classification of encryption |
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> as munitions and, for a while, banned its export. |
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> Clearly, that didn't work out for them and encryption is more important |
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> than ever. What else does the US try to control in software? |
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Anything to do with rockets counts. That was fun to learn :D |
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(side note, I'm gonna reply in bulk to this thread soon) |
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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) |
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