[lot of snipping] Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk> writes:
John Smith <jsmith58@hotmail.com> writes:
That's easy for you to say, there in England. You don't have these export controls, right?
We have different export controls. You can export what you want electronically right now. And, so I hear, the exporter is defined as the person who downloads from your web site, so lots of hits from Iraq is no problem. Start to talk about tangible things and you require a license.
Adam
From England, I can export strong crypto electronically with no
This is my favorite example of the Kafka-esque absurdity of export controls problem. The same crypto, printed as source code, is restricted.
From the US, I can export printed strong crypto with no problem. The same crypto, in electronic form, is export restricted.
Both sides claim to have a rational, well-thought out policy. Peter Trei