“While certain segments of the computer industry have celebrated
the recent relaxing of export regulations on encryption software,
one would think that the open source community would have an even
bigger reason to rejoice. For this is the first time, in the
U.S. at least, that open source software has been legally declared
a Public Good.”
“Open source code is mentioned specifically as being exempt from
most of the remaining hurdles of registration, filing and waiting
for approvals.”
“Indeed, soon after the changes were announced, the National
Security Agency announced it would be developing its own secure
version of Linux. They’re welcome to it. That’s the whole point of
open source…”