Crippled Notes export encryption

Ulf Moeller Ulf_Moeller at public.uni-hamburg.de
Wed Jan 24 21:44:21 PST 1996


>  I can see two practical ways to build a netscape product outside
>the US.  The first is to export the source code for the Navigator
>with the crypto code removed.  All of the calls to crypto would
>have to be removed as well.  I've heard some people claim that the
>government could come after us on the grounds that we were taking
>part in a conspiracy to export strong crypto.

If you properly apply for a license to export the source code
(explainig that the source code licensee might add the features
that he feels are appropriate), is it still a conspiracy?






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