Nonrevocable signatures patch

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Wed Aug 8 00:01:01 2001


On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 09:40:04AM +0200, Werner Koch wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> I really appreciate your work on GnuPG but I have 2 problems with
> tha. The first one are the US export regulations, but I consider
> that more a probelm that you might get into trouble. Rumors are that
> sending the patch to crypto@bxa.doc.gov (?) make it legal.
>
> The more serious problem is that the FSF needs an copyright assignment
> for GnuPG contributions. Without that I can't apply such a patch and
> would hae to rewrite it :-(.
>
> I'll attach some information about copyright assignment. I'd really
> hope that you are willing and able to sign that.
>
> Ciao,
>
> Werner
>
> p.s.
> I am not sure whether I already sent you this info.
You did. I just got the paperwork from the FSF in the mail, and I'll be sending it back soon, after I check a couple of details with the company I work for. The export stuff is not a big deal as open source software has an exemption from the majority of crypto export headaches. I just need to tell the crypto@bxa.doc.gov people the URL of each patch as I make it. David -- David Shaw | dshaw@jabberwocky.com | WWW http://www.jabberwocky.com/ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." - Jeremy S. Anderson