`(3) FACTORS IN DETERMINING EXEMPTION- In determining whether a person qualifies for the exemption under paragraph (2), the factors to be considered shall include-- `(A) whether the information derived from the encryption research was disseminated, and if so, whether it was disseminated in a manner reasonably calculated to advance the state of knowledge or development of encryption technology, versus whether it was whether it was disseminated in a manner that facilitates infringement under this title or a violation of applicable law other than this section, including a violation of privacy or breach of security;
-Declan
I've been rereading this a bunch of times trying to figure out what, if anything, it's supposed to mean. I've come up with two slightly different interpretations: 1) If you release your results at a university-sponsored conference you're an exempt researcher, but if you release identical results at Defcon you're a criminal. 2) Anyone with the financial resources or legal background to get this law overturned on Constitutional grounds is not to be prosecuted in the first place. I think 2 is actually the more accurate reading. George