Can the inevitability of Software privacy be used to defeat the ITAR?

[Mark M.]

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On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Michael Froomkin wrote:

> Hey folks, let's be real clear about this:
> 
> The ITAR do NOT apply to books.
> 
> Repeat:
> 
> The ITAR do NOT apply to books.   

I'm quite aware of this fact, and I never did say that ITAR did apply to books.
I just noted that a claim that MIT came _very close_ to violating ITAR by
publishing a book with complete source code in OCR'able text is more legitimate
than a claim against a software company that makes a good faith effort to
prevent a crypto program from being exported.

- -- Mark

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