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From: Wes Hardaker <wes@hardakers.net>
Subject: Re: Crypto problems again
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 07:42:12 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <sd1xp8jju3.fsf@wes.hardakers.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3smhp7zcw.fsf@defun.localdomain> (Jesper Harder's message of "Fri, 06 Feb 2004 02:47:43 +0100")

>>>>> On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 02:47:43 +0100, Jesper Harder <harder@ifa.au.dk> said:

Jesper> (defmacro defcripple (&rest body)
Jesper> (if cripple
Jesper> `(defun ,(car body) ,(cadr body)
Jesper> (error "This software has been crippled according to US export regulations.
Jesper> If you are a non-US citizen you can get the good stuff at http://crypto.foo"))
Jesper> `(defun ,@body)))

Jesper> We use `defcripple' rather than `defun' for all crypto functions, and
Jesper> when it's time to include in Emacs proper, we just set cripple to t
Jesper> and macroexpand the defcripple forms.  Voila, no crypto code.

I think RMS' view is that you can't even leave a mark where the crypo
code *should* go (IE, even a comment saying 'put it here' would be
illegal).  This definitely falls into "leaving a mark".

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett



  reply	other threads:[~2004-02-06 15:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-02 18:02 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-02-02 18:54 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-02-02 23:07   ` Wes Hardaker
2004-02-03  9:12   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-02-05 17:25     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-02-05 17:45       ` Wes Hardaker
2004-02-05 20:09       ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-02-05 20:53       ` Simon Josefsson
2004-02-05 21:37         ` Wes Hardaker
2004-02-06  0:53         ` Jesper Harder
2004-02-05 21:29       ` Josh Huber
2004-02-05 21:38         ` Wes Hardaker
2004-02-05 22:36       ` Simon Josefsson
2004-02-05 23:09         ` Wes Hardaker
2004-02-02 19:49 ` crypto in netrc.el and gnus-encrypt.el (was: Crypto problems again) Ted Zlatanov
2004-02-02 23:05 ` Crypto problems again Wes Hardaker
2004-02-05 21:22   ` Jesper Harder
2004-02-05 21:39     ` Wes Hardaker
2004-02-05 22:18       ` Jesper Harder
2004-02-05 23:11         ` Wes Hardaker
2004-02-06  0:24           ` Jesper Harder
2004-02-06  1:47 ` Jesper Harder
2004-02-06 15:42   ` Wes Hardaker [this message]
2004-02-06 23:58     ` Jesper Harder
2004-02-09 21:03       ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-02-13 10:17         ` Kai Grossjohann

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