From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 93 12:17:43 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Restrictions on crypto exports
Message-ID: <199309201915.AA24268@eff.org>
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Bill Stewart writes:

"Mike - you write that an FTP archive is a library open to the public.
While it looks like one to me, the important thing is convincing a grand
jury or jury that it's true, or heading off a prosecutor who'll try to paint
ftp archives as 'subversive hacker BBSs' or nonsense like that."

I don't think we disagree here.

"Do you know if anyone's doing this in an organized fashion?"

No. I'm really just making a prediction of what the likely outcome
of such cases will be.


--Mike