Esteemed GentlePersons, Could you settle a dispute? Is it, or Is it not, legal to take PGP source code and the like out of the country if it is written on paper? Thank You
Could you settle a dispute? Is it, or Is it not, legal to take PGP source code and the like out of the country if it is written on paper?
This is a leading question. If you just print it out, it might not be legal to export. If it is printed in a book (e.g., the PGP Sourcecode Book, MIT Press, 1995) then it should be legal to take it out of the country. IANAL, YMMV. Hope this helps. -derek
"Sentient1" writes:
Could you settle a dispute? Is it, or Is it not, legal to take PGP source code and the like out of the country if it is written on paper?
It appears to be legal, as MIT has done it. A written opinion has held that other crypto sources can be taken out on paper, but no formal opinion of the PGP sources in the MIT book has happened. It may only be legal to take these sources out in the form of a published book, however -- random printouts you do yourself may or may not be legal to export since they don't qualify as "public domain" information. In practice, of course, if you don't tell anyone and you arent someone prominent you will never be caught no matter what you do. Perry
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Sentient1> Esteemed GentlePersons, Could you settle a dispute? Is it, Sentient1> or Is it not, legal to take PGP source code and the like Sentient1> out of the country if it is written on paper? Yes, it is legal to export cryptographic source code in printed form - the exact same code that is illegal to carry out on a floppy disk. (See the preface to Zimmermann's book "PGP Source Code and Internals," published by MIT Press.) - -- C Matthew Curtin [AT&T|Bell] Labs Internet Gateway Applications Group http://www.att.com/homes/matt_curtin.html PGP OK cmcurtin@gatekeeper.att.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.7.1 Comment: Have you encrypted your data today? iQCVAwUBMSQQqRhyYuO2QvP9AQEGIwP8DpMGvtZi2pWeFlicArVNyhAoeJxq+oR0 mXQN0E3EWW5GBujfd7TSJhMsPddXXJOaO+4HDoV8E7Q6D4kE3/GiHx6E8uBJ0Zdb 8Q77oXChYWrSB/p5HTwDoxGyk4svFMkey88X+Y/9JYia2ZBtoSEPl2WAJd8mhkTZ FPNugHTdfMg= =8y6/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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