From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 93 20:35:57 PDT
To: ANSPRING@delphi.com
Subject: Re: Restrictions on crypto exports
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ANSPRING asks:

> hal finney quotes:
> 
> "Public domain" is defined in 120.18:  "Public domain means information
> which is published and which is generally accessible to the public:
> (a) Through sales at newsstands and bookstores; (b) Through subscriptions
> which are available without restriction to any individual who desires
> to obtain or purchase the published information; (c) Through second class
> mailing privileges granted by the U.S. Government; or, (d) At libraries
> open to the public."
> 
> I'm way out of my depth here, but can it be argued that what constitutes
> 
> ublic domain" is not being exhaustively defined here?

It matters not, IMHO, since an ftp archive site qualifies as a library
open to the public.


--Mike