Well, being a US citizen and being restricted on what I can get from SuSE, my understanding is this: the US version (a.k.a. the International version) is stripped of the "good" security packages because of the restrictions that the US had regarding crypto export. We can import all the crypto we want, but could not ship it out of the country again, even if it originated somewhere else. Now that US crypto laws have been relaxed, I would love to see a fuller version with a number of the security packages included, rather than having to download them separately from the German site. The issue for people in English speaking countries is to convince SuSE to only make one English distro and handle International shipments from somewhere outside of the US. Then, the US could have the benefit of all the crypto packages, and not be penalized for having a paranoid government.
- Herman
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 19:26:40 +0200 (CEST), Lenz Grimmer wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Linux News User wrote:
Another good question is:
If the release on English it's going to delay to much time to arrive to USA, why can we buy it directly from SuSE Germany (of course on English) ?
This is because the English version is different from the US version - stupid crypto and patent laws require us to leave off some packages from the US distribution.
Bye, LenZ
OK, so there are 2 English versions namely the restrictive US English and the complete UK? English version. As a Canadian who is not subject to US law how do I get a copy of the non-US English version?
The only source of real SuSe Linux into Canada at this time appears to be from the US as SuSe is practically invisible in Canada. I have a database of just under 100 local retailers in my area and none of them stock SuSe and the 4 national mail order chains I have dealt with also do not carry SuSe. The Canadian companies listed at suse.com appear to be CD burners (1 or 2 CDs, no manuals). This means that to get SuSe, I and presumably other Canadians need to order from the US and now I find that this is a crippled version.
Any way to get the non-US English version?
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