Exportability of NetBSD crypto code

Previously, the (US) domestic portion of NetBSD (both binaries and sources) containing code based on DES (such as KerberosIV, the bdes command etc.) have not been legally exportable from the United States or Canada.

Some time early in January 2000, the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) of the US Department of Commerce published a new set of export regulations covering the export of cryptographic software. The new export regulations are more lenient in permitting export of cryptographic source code, but require that the BXA be notified when code is made available.

The NetBSD Project has now sorted out the details of this issue, and the outcome is as follows:

The cryptographic parts of our code are still under control by the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
None of this software may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, North Korea, Iran, Syria or any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods.
By downloading or using said software, you are agreeing to the foregoing and you are representing and warranting that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.

Other use or export is no longer restricted.

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