In article <604.9511240945@exe.dcs.exeter.ac.uk>, <aba@atlas.ex.ac.uk> wrote:
Something that is puzzling me is how DigiCash is doing. Their software I think is ITAR regulated (or would be if it were shipped from a US ftp site). OK, so they get around it by shipping their software from Digicash, Bv, Netherlands.
But, somewhere on their pages it mentions that: "Digicash, Bv is a wholly owned subsidiary of Digicash" (which *is* based in the US).
Does that make them a counter example who is currently getting away with it? Just to complicate things further David Chaum is a US citizen, right? Maybe he himself is ok because he doesn't write the code himself, the digicash development team does. Is Digicash (US) hiring (collectively) Digicash, Bv if it is a wholly owned subsidiary, in US legal terms?
<IANAL> Even if DigiCash gave a <exon> about ITAR and the NSA, ecash probably wouldn't be covered anyway, because the ITAR has a specific exception for encrypting financial data (that's so you can use your credit and bank cards overseas). </IANAL> - Ian "What's with this day-after-thanksgiving, anyway...?"