Legal Issues
Some countries have regulations on the use of cryptographics
systems; it may be unlawful to use GnuPG in these countries.
For a guide to International Laws regarding cryptography, please
see Bert-Jaap Koops'
Crypto Law Survey
.
Note that in January 2000, the US Department of Commerce
relaxed the rules about
exporting
cryptography, in particular for free software projects.
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