From: iagoldbe@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ian Goldberg)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 18:52:14 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
In-Reply-To: <199601242348.PAA03565@ns1.vplus.com>
Message-ID: <4e6k31$i5l@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
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In article <199601242348.PAA03565@ns1.vplus.com>,
Dan Weinstein <djw@vplus.com> wrote:
>I forget how it is termed in ITAR, but expertise can't be exported 
>either.  Another thing to remember is that Jeff and the others at 
>Netscape aren't writing the encryption algorithms themselves, they 
>implement the code that they get from RSA.  Though most of the 
>code they get from RSA is already available abroad, if they wanted to 
>import it they would face serious copywrite problems with RSA.  Also, 
>like I suggested before any programers who gained their knowledge of 
>crypto programing in the U.S. and then went abroad and developed 
>crypto software would be in danger of prosecution under ITAR if they 
>ever returned to the U.S..

So how about my situation?  I'm a Canadian student, currently studying
in the US.  Are you saying that if, after I get my degree and return to
Canada, it would be illegal for me to write and export crypto stuff?!
What if I'm in Canada for a few weeks between semesters and I write
something then?

   - Ian "this is all really dumb..."