From: Phil Karn You have to admit that it is far more consistent to treat both the book and the floppy as a munition than to take the position DoS eventually took. Even if the more consistent position is a far more restrictive one that has even less chance of surviving a court challenge. ........................................................... In terms of consistency, if the government reserved the right to control printed source code (in the future), and books and floppys containing it are considered munitions, then cryptographers, who have it in their heads, would also be considered munitions. They would have to be prohibited from leaving the country and constrained not only from using the internet, but from any kind of communications medium. Ian Goldberg would not be allowed to visit Anguilla or participate in any more contests. :>) .. Blanc