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Re: Libwww-ssl library is now available within the US

From: Roland Mainz <Roland.Mainz@informatik.med.uni-giessen.de>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:59:40 +0200
Message-Id: <3783CDCC.FFE86E@informatik.med.uni-giessen.de>
To: www-lib@w3.org 

Hi !

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Henrik Frystyk Nielsen wrote:

> At 23:27 7/7/99 +0200, Roland Mainz wrote:
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> >Dump question: What about downloads from germany ? Yes/No(->why) ?
>
> Unfortunately the answer is that this is not possible :( The reason is that
> the libwww-ssl code initially was written in the US and because of export
> restrictions, it can not be exported to other contries (except Canada).

Even if the destination country has the same law "level" and is a member
of the NATO ?? :-(
(Seems that there is no exception - even for libwww)

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Bye,
Roland

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