Why it is legal to export PGP under ITAR

Stanton McCandlish mech at eff.org
Mon Jun 6 10:01:02 PDT 1994


Nice try, but NEVER confuse a dictionary definition with a legal definition.

In article <199405280642.XAA05875 at jobe.shell.portal.com>,
 <nobody at shell.portal.com> wrote:
>The US ITAR law exempts many things from export restrictions, among them,
>materials availiable in public libraries.  It gives no special definition for a
>library.  My American Heritage Dictionary defines "library" as, among other
>things, "An orginized collection of recorded data arranged for ease of use."
>IOW, an ftp site.  Which means that if a program is available from a public ftp
>site, you're legally allowed to export it. :)


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