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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/wassenaar.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/wassenaar.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2872c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/wassenaar.html @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> +<title>The Wassenaar Arrangement +- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/wassenaar.translist" --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<h2>The Wassenaar Arrangement</h2> + +<p> +Our first information about the new Wassenaar Arrangement came in the +form of a newspaper article, which said that export of encryption +software would be prohibited—and this seemed to include free +software. So we posted an announcement seeking people in +non-Wassenaar countries to participate in distribution and development +of free software for encryption.</p> + +<p> +Subsequently the actual text of the new version of Wassenaar Arrangement was +published. Then we saw that it continues to have an exception that +seems to cover free software. (They use the term “public +domain”, but they seem to mean something like free software by +that.) So the problem seems to have been a false alarm.</p> + +<p> +However, the US continues to seek such restrictions, and therefore it +makes sense to continue our preparations, as a precaution in case a +future version of the Wassenaar Arrangement places further restrictions +on exportation of free software.</p> + +<p> +Here is our interpretation of the text of the latest Wassenaar +Arrangement, as we have seen it. This has not been checked by a +lawyer.</p> + +<p> +According to the General Software Notes, entry 2, the agreement does +not cover software which is in “the public domain”. This +is defined in the definitions as technology or software which has been +made available without restrictions upon its further dissemination. +There is also a statement that copyright by itself does not deny a +program this “public domain” status.</p> + +<p> +There are currently discussions about the agreement and it would seem +logical that the definition of “public domain” is +something that will be clarified at future meetings.</p> + +<p> +Finnish officials have stated that <cite>“nothing will change as +far as the “public domain” software and the Dec 3 +Wassenaar Arrangement are concerned.”</cite></p> + +<p> +In Denmark, we are told, there has been an incident where the Ministry +of Commerce informed an administrator to stop offering the program PGP +for download.</p> + +<p> +Recent news indicate that the Australian government has prohibited the +export of free software for encryption by modifying the Wassenaar list +that related to the definition of software “in the public +domain.”</p> + +</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> +<div id="footer"> +<div class="unprintable"> + +<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to +<a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. +There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> +the FSF. 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