Re: (LONG) Correct non-US solution
On Mon, 17 May 1999, Joey Hess wrote:
> Well what do you do about a mirror in the US that can import software but
> cannot export it? You either have to somehow validate all downloads of that
> software from the mirror are from people in the US, or you leave the mirror
> open to downloads from everywhere and thus breaking the law.
I would think that if a mirror couldn't export a peice of software, it just
wouldn't host it. The logistics of figuring out which country every IP is
in are... daunting, to say the least.