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authorMarcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>2012-01-03 17:13:19 +0000
committerMarcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>2012-01-03 17:13:19 +0000
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parentAdd lost ChangeLog entry. (diff)
parentSilence gcc warning. (diff)
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Conflicts: ChangeLog-2011 Makefile.am agent/ChangeLog-2011 agent/gpg-agent.c dirmngr/ChangeLog-2011 dirmngr/dirmngr.c doc/HACKING g13/g13.c po/de.po scd/ChangeLog-2011 scd/apdu.c scd/command.c scd/scdaemon.c scripts/gitlog-to-changelog tools/ChangeLog-2011
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@@ -1167,13 +1167,8 @@ update this FAQ in the next month. See the section "Changes" for recent updates
:CUSTOM_ID: i-get-sed-errors-when-running-configure-on-mac-os-x
:END:
- This will be fixed after GnuPG has been upgraded to autoconf-2.50.
- Until then, find the line setting CDPATH in the configure script
- and place an:
-
- : unset CDPATH
-
- statement below it.
+ This problem has been fixed for all modern GnuPG versions.
+ (By using an autoconf 2.50 generated configure script).
** Why does GnuPG 1.0.6 bail out on keyrings used with 1.0.7?
:PROPERTIES:
@@ -1470,6 +1465,41 @@ update this FAQ in the next month. See the section "Changes" for recent updates
of the listing before before starting the import.
+* Bug reporting and hacking
+ :PROPERTIES:
+ :CUSTOM_ID: bugreports-et-al
+ :END:
+
+** Copyright asssignments
+ :PROPERTIES:
+ :CUSTOM_ID: copyright-assigments
+ :END:
+
+** U.S. export restrictions
+ :PROPERTIES:
+ :CUSTOM_ID: us-export-restrictions
+ :END:
+
+GnuPG has originally been developed in Germany because we have been
+able to do that without being affected by the US export restrictions.
+We had to reject any contributions from US citizens or from people
+living the the US. That changed by end of 2000 when the export
+restrictions were basically dropped for all kind of freely available
+software. However there are still some requirements in the US.
+Quoting David Shaw: mail
+#+begin_quote
+For each release of GPG that I contributed to, I sent an email
+containing a pointer to the new source code to the Commerce
+Department. The rules changed slightly in 2004, so that you could
+send a single email and then be done until the information in that
+email changed, so I just sent "www.gnupg.org" and haven't bothered
+with the email since.
+#+end_quote
+
+The rules: http://www.bis.doc.gov/encryption/pubavailencsourcecodenofify.html
+The 2004 rule change: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-26992.htm
+
+
* Acknowledgements
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: acknowledgements