Sorry for taking so long to respond to this. I have been checking out the Canadian rules for exporting crypto. Basically (according to "A Guide to Canada's Export Controls", published by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) public domain software can be exported from Canada -- one might need to file a form with Canadian Customs for each export, but the export it self is legal. (Public domain is defined as technology that has been made available without restrictions upon it's further dissemination. Copyright restrictions do not remove technology from the public domain. So, I'm not quite sure if PGP falls within that definition.) However, goods of U.S. origin are export restricted, unless said goods are further processed outside the U.S. so as to result in a substantial change in value, so some of the PGP development would need to be done in Canada. -- -marc