
Jeff Weinstein writes:
Remo Pini wrote:
Why can't anybody in US write a little program that compares the two 4.5 meg install files and make a patcher? (It seems simple to do, is very inconspicuous and of course does not violate the ITAR - although it might violate some copyright stuff, but hey, whos willing to enforce something like that, when it's anonymously posted or mailed)
Actually a lawyer once told me that such a patch might be considered a "defense repair", and thus be regulated by the ITAR. I kid you not. Your bits would fall into the same bucket as missile parts. The more I learn about ITAR and the way the government tries to link software to it, the more amazed I get.
As a practical matter, however, such a piece of software could circulate widely overseas without the U.S. being able to do anything about it. Perry