Hi All,
As a reminder we did register to allow US developers to contribute and for anyone to download the code from SqueakSource (and google). http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/cryptography/2006-January/000121 .html
What this does not do is allow users to download the main image from anywhere else.
http://forum.world.st/UPDATE-Notification-of-publicly-available-cryptography -code-td133064.html
If we decide to make the code available in the main image then there are two things to consider. First it needs to be registered. Second it could make distributing Squeak more difficult for end users of Squeak in the United States that want to send the code outside the US. Downloading the code from these locations from anywhere is allowed but downloading packaging and sending your final product somewhere is not covered.
I am not a lawyer so please get proper legal advice before exporting any cryptographic code.
All the best,
Ron Teitelbaum Teleplace
-----Original Message----- From: squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev- bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Miguel Enrique Cobá Martínez Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:10 AM To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list Cc: Squeak Crypto; Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Re: [Vm-dev] Cryptography in the main image andPlugins build for the VMs
El jue, 08-07-2010 a las 16:50 -0700, Steve Wart escribió:
Given that cryptography still faces export restrictions, would this cause problems for OSS distributions that want to include Squeak?
This is not true. Every linux distro comes with strong security. Nobody cares about export restrictions. I have downloaded from kernel.org that is located in USA. No problem.
But if that is your concern, then you only need to put the cryptography package in a server outside the USA (Europe would be fine) and problem solved.
But, that export restrictions are a problem that was solved a decade ago.
Cheers
Also I'm not sure that people who want to minimize their image size would benefit. Why can't Cryptography be easily loaded by people who need it?
Steve
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:07 AM, Rob Withers reefedjib@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi all,
I would like to propose that Cryptography be included as part of the
image,
by default. As it stands now it is in the Cryptography repository,
which
most don't seem to know about or there are one-off copies that are
developed
separately. David Shaffer has been stewarding a reintegration of
these
forks and ensuring the tests pass. Everyone should be able to take advantage of the algorithms provided by the Cryptography package.
Along the same lines, it would be a great help for the vm providers to include the CryptographyPlugins when they build a new vm. I believe
there
are 3 plugins and they really ought to be build internally, since they
are
unchanging.
I would like to hear what others think of the possibility of making
this
change.
Thank you, Rob
-- Miguel Cobá http://miguel.leugim.com.mx