LV I'm looking into what steps I need to take if I want to add an extension into kitten.
05nov02 jcw - Is the US Munitions Act still applicable? DES and 128-bit encryption have been taken out of it, AFAIK.
Ed Suominen, though not a lawyer, points out the following link to regulations (hopefully still current) making this a non-issue for free, open-source software: http://eepatents.com/privaria/exporting.html
GPS: As long as the encryption isn't too powerful it's allowed. The US government wants the ability to crack the code for encrypted files or else it's illegal. Although this could have changed with the new American KGB (Homeland Security Office). This is part of the reason the US government is interested in new types of computer processors that would help code cracking, because they realize that at the moment they don't have the power to crack codes by people using strong encryption with the existing technology. As long as the US continues to have people that say "If you're not doing anything wrong why are you concerned?" this silly restriction will be in place. (Note: I obey the laws of the US as I'm an American citizen, but I don't agree with some of them.)
George, look at the section of the Federal Register that Ed quotes. After the government took a public black eye on the Zimmerman prosecution, the regulations were significantly changed. You're reporting how it once was.
1984 Ignorance is strength. Freedom is slavery. War is peace.