From: Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 19:03:41 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: No Subject
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>Doesn't the act of taking it across the border, in the laptop, constitute
>an act of export??

Well, yes it would, but the original scenario includes WRITING the code
outside of the US, which means it never was a US creation, even if the
creature that happened to be writing the code was native to the US.

The question is whether the dude could pull a stunt like this and get
away with it. I'd say go for it. You got a plausible loophole to a
stupid law that might not hold in court anyways.

-Anon