ram%shukra@Sun.COM (Renu Raman, Sun Microsystems) (10/25/87)
As per RMS/GNU's licensing info, it does not prevent anybody
from exporting or dsitributing GNU freely in other countries
(including Warsaw Pact). Now,
1. DOes DoD/NSA/Dept. of Commerce bar Software exports also
to the russians? Some Saxpy employess were nabbed recently
for attempting to smuggle their OS (presumably unix variant)
to Russia. Certainly Unix, Mach would be hot items with the KGB.
2. If they are banned, they would surely ban GNU's software too.
It would be interesting to see the outcome of GNU+MACH kernel, more
so since DoD is expected to stop supporting BSD and shift towards
Mach.
Renu Raman
PS/1: Oh! This is solely my opinion and during weekends I get access to
this lovely world of Usenet to chit-chat.
PS/2:(That's why IBM called it PS/2 - the OS was an afterthought :-)
Do the Russians have Unix machines & conferences. If so, when is their
Refusenix:-).
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In article <31910@sun.uucp> ram%shukra@Sun.COM (Renu Raman, Sun Microsystems) writes: > 1. DOes DoD/NSA/Dept. of Commerce bar Software exports also > to the russians? > Certainly Unix, Mach would be hot items with the KGB. It would set them back 10 years to get the software on our system! ("What the hell is this stuff?") :-) -- Greg Hackney