1998-12-11 - Re: German government press release on Wassenaar

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From: Alexander Kjeldaas <astor@guardian.no>
To: Ulf M�ller <cryptography@c2.net
Message Hash: c2d814d265ef4be68a290c74f68038a478637254b50223b3bd5aba1341767250
Message ID: <19981211225004.B13974@lucifer.guardian.no>
Reply To: <v04020a1bb2941c8e1795@[139.167.130.246]>
UTC Datetime: 1998-12-11 22:54:11 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 06:54:11 +0800

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From: Alexander Kjeldaas <astor@guardian.no>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 06:54:11 +0800
To: Ulf Mller <cryptography@c2.net
Subject: Re: German government press release on Wassenaar
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On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 08:04:00PM +0100, Ulf Mller wrote:
> 
> 2.) The government has acknowledged that public domain software
> remains unrestricted. This also applies to copyrighted software such
> as PGP which "has been made available without restrictions upon its
> further dissemination".

I applied for an examination of the Open Source definition to the
department for foreign affairs in Norway.  The response (no surprise)
was that Open Source is compliant with what the Wassenaar-agreement
calls "public domain" software.

astor

-- 
 Alexander Kjeldaas, Guardian Networks AS, Trondheim, Norway
 http://www.guardian.no/





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