
17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
[regarding suggestion that netscape give mit or someone a 128 bit version to place on an ftp server]
This is not an apology for the the ITAR, just my usual lawyerly overcaution:
Suppose A gives B a program that is export controlled, intending for B to allow it to be exported. Has A conspired with B to export the program?
Let's ask the grand jury investigating Phil....
That's a possible problem, I suppose, but wouldn't you be protected if your license agreement with MIT (or whoever) specified redistribution "for domestic use only"? | (Douglas) Hofstadter's Law: Frank Stuart | It always takes longer than you expect, even fstuart@vetmed.auburn.edu | when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.