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Jason,

I've not looked at Netscape licensing terms, but a) do they actually 
incorporate the US restrictions, or do those simply apply as a matter of 
US domestic law, wherever that runs, and b) isn't Netscape 4.5 open 
source ?

George

Jason Stokes (jstok@SPAMBLOCKED.apana.org.au) wrote:
: In article <36CB2404.5BDC7866@ozemail.com.au>, Paul Taylor
: <birder@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

: >The beauty of Fortify is that is contains no encryption algorithms, so
: >doesn't have the export restrictions of the 128-bit version (which you
: >probably shouldn't have in France.  :)  

: The law probably disagrees with you. According to the README file, it
: contains the "information" on how to modify Netscape's internal
: encryption algorithms to use 128 bit long keys, and gives Netscape this
: functionality by performing a binary patch on the Netscape executable. 
: This is extremely legally iffy: in fact, it is, in my opinion, quite
: clearly illegal: consider the following:

: US export controls on cryptographic software.

: Recently passed US laws banning reverse engineering of software.

: International copyright law which protects the license given to you
: with Netscape which forbids you from modifying or reverse engineering
: the software.

: -- 
: Jason Stokes: jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au
:  

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