faq: Add section on US export restrictions.

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:CUSTOM_ID: i-get-sed-errors-when-running-configure-on-mac-os-x
:END:
This will be fixed after GnuPG has been upgraded to autoconf-2.50.
Until then, find the line setting CDPATH in the configure script
and place an:
: unset CDPATH
statement below it.
This problem has been fixed for all modern GnuPG versions.
(By using an autoconf 2.50 generated configure script).
** Why does GnuPG 1.0.6 bail out on keyrings used with 1.0.7?
:PROPERTIES:
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of the listing before before starting the import.
* Bug reporting and hacking
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: bugreports-et-al
:END:
** Copyright asssignments
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: copyright-assigments
:END:
** U.S. export restrictions
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: us-export-restrictions
:END:
GnuPG has originally been developed in Germany because we have been
able to do that without being affected by the US export restrictions.
We had to reject any contributions from US citizens or from people
living the the US. That changed by end of 2000 when the export
restrictions were basically dropped for all kind of freely available
software. However there are still some requirements in the US.
Quoting David Shaw: mail
#+begin_quote
For each release of GPG that I contributed to, I sent an email
containing a pointer to the new source code to the Commerce
Department. The rules changed slightly in 2004, so that you could
send a single email and then be done until the information in that
email changed, so I just sent "www.gnupg.org" and haven't bothered
with the email since.
#+end_quote
The rules: http://www.bis.doc.gov/encryption/pubavailencsourcecodenofify.html
The 2004 rule change: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-26992.htm
* Acknowledgements
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: acknowledgements