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Re: linux-ipsec: Canadian export laws

From: Henry Spencer <henry(at)spsystems.net>
Date: Thu Oct 29 1998 - 15:49:25 EST

> I thought that Canadian export laws for encryption were tied to the US laws
> for any encryption key length > 56 bits...

Yes, except that the Canadian export rules include blanket exemptions for "mass market" and "public domain" software. This issue has been studied carefully, by real lawyers with their meters running; Linux qualifies.

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry@spsystems.net
                                                     (henry@zoo.toronto.edu)

Received on Thu Oct 29 16:44:54 1998

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