From: "kpj@sics.se" <kpj@sics.se>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 10:52:42 PST
To: peb@procase.com (Paul Baclace)
Subject: Re: Secure Drive 1.0 is here!
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| Since IDEA was developed outside the US, doesn't that mean it there 
| essentially is no exporting of cryptography going on here?  To be 
| perfectly invulnerable, the code could be distributed internationally
| without any encryption algorithm--simply add the crypto you want that
| is easily obtainable.

Actually, there are several operatib system products that do exactly that.
Ex: X Windows, BSD

| (Of course, selling crypto is the real trigger for getting attention.
| A copy-left certainly isn't selling.)

Actually, this highlights the absurdity of the old Cold War rules.