Re: Netscape download requirements
Why can't anybody in US write a little program that compares the two 4.5 meg install files and make a patcher? (It seems simple to do, is very inconspicuous and of course does not violate the ITAR - although it might violate some copyright stuff, but hey, whos willing to enforce something like that, when it's anonymously posted or mailed) I suppose the difference will be small, if one consideres an offset after the alternative parts (something like: generalgeneralgeneralUSUSUSUSUSUSUSUSgeneralgeneral and generalgeneralgeneralWORLDWORLDgeneralgeneral remo ----------< fate favors the prepared mind >---------- Remo Pini Fon 1: +41 1 350 28 82 mailto:rp@rpini.com Fon 2: +41 1 465 31 90 http://www.rpini.com/remopini/ Fax: +41 1 350 28 84 --------< words are what reality is made of >--------
Remo Pini wrote:
Why can't anybody in US write a little program that compares the two 4.5 meg install files and make a patcher? (It seems simple to do, is very inconspicuous and of course does not violate the ITAR - although it might violate some copyright stuff, but hey, whos willing to enforce something like that, when it's anonymously posted or mailed)
Actually a lawyer once told me that such a patch might be considered a "defense repair", and thus be regulated by the ITAR. I kid you not. Your bits would fall into the same bucket as missile parts. The more I learn about ITAR and the way the government tries to link software to it, the more amazed I get. --Jeff -- Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist Netscape Communication Corporation jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw Any opinions expressed above are mine.
Jeff Weinstein writes:
Remo Pini wrote:
Why can't anybody in US write a little program that compares the two 4.5 meg install files and make a patcher? (It seems simple to do, is very inconspicuous and of course does not violate the ITAR - although it might violate some copyright stuff, but hey, whos willing to enforce something like that, when it's anonymously posted or mailed)
Actually a lawyer once told me that such a patch might be considered a "defense repair", and thus be regulated by the ITAR. I kid you not. Your bits would fall into the same bucket as missile parts. The more I learn about ITAR and the way the government tries to link software to it, the more amazed I get.
As a practical matter, however, such a piece of software could circulate widely overseas without the U.S. being able to do anything about it. Perry
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