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From: ram%shukra@Sun.COM (Renu Raman, Sun Microsystems)
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Subject: Can the Ruskies get GNU?
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Date: Sun, 25-Oct-87 01:04:05 EST
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      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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