Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] ECCN Classifications for Open Source Items

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:58:38 -0800
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 02:54:31PM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 02:05:23PM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> > For what it's worth, every single line of code in Ethereal, including
> > that code, is open-source, so it's not as if it's hard to get that code
> > elsewhere, but we're dealing with bureaucracies here, so rationality is
> > only a minor consideration....
> 
> Well, there are items on this at
> 
> 	http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/EncFAQs6_17_02.html
> 
> that apply to free software (see, for example, the answer to "What are
> the major features of this policy update?").

See also

	http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/PubAvailEncSourceCodeNofify.html

The bottom line is that, as far as I know, no Ethereal developer has
gone through all the noise involved in dealing with this.