From: Cindy Cohn <Cindy@MCGLASHAN.COM> Subject: Draft of Commerce Department Crypto Regs via: CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Steptoe and Johnson have kindly posted the draft Commerce Department regulations on encryption exports at http://www.steptoe.com/commerce.htm. Of most interest to those of us concerned about the First Amendment is the provision which eliminates the "publicly available" exception to the EAR and states "controlled software will not be eligible for "publicly available" treatment, even if the source code or object code is published in a book or other mdia." It also eliminates the exceptions for educational information and fundamental research contained in the EAR for source code and object code. I haven't had a chance to review the rest in any detail. Cindy ************************ Cindy A. Cohn McGlashan & Sarrail, P. C. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433