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Thu Jul 1 10:36:52 EDT 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-July/045810.html

Trevor Perrin <trevp at trevp.net> writes:

> At 10:15 AM 6/30/2004 +0100, Michael Hudson wrote:
>>Unfortunately, distributing crypto software is still a hideous
>>international mess (just because the *US* is less silly these
>>days...).
>
> Things have been liberalizing rapidly.  I'm not sure how true that is
> anymore, though I don't have direct experience (aside from offering
> some crypto software on a website; people download it from all over
> the place, but maybe they're scofflaws, who knows).
>
> I know US export is no problem.  According to [1], most countries have
> no laws restricting imports, with the notable exception of ex-USSR
> countries and China, which require licenses.  I've heard anecdotally
> the Russian requirements are mostly ignored [2].  I don't know about
> China.

Interesting, thanks.  The concept of Python being 'imported' or
'exported' still strikes me as meaningless, but I'm not going to worry
about it.

Cheers,
mwh

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