Somebody writes:
Sumex-aim.stanford.edu, the internet's biggest Mac ftp archive has been *EXPORTING* MacPGP2.2, many times a day, every day for over
The reason I don't consider your Stunning Revelation an important news flash is that it's just one example of the many ways crypto is actually exported. For example, PGP 2.6 was overseas within hours of its release. A more direct comparison is with DES: NIST has DES code available in soft copy in Appendix A of its publication fips181.txt, accessible in their public FTP directory with no warnings about export restrictions. The Cantwell stuff is extremely important for commercial products, but for private crypto (e.g. non-profit and non-infringing PGP implementations) it simply decriminalizes the existing vigorous export activity; rather like decriminalizing the use of marijuana. Jim Gillogly Highday, 24 Forelithe S.R. 1994, 19:35