From: "Smrf." <smrf@mu.sans.vuw.ac.nz>
Date: Mon, 16 May 94 17:46:49 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP 2.5 Warning
In-Reply-To: <9405161033.AA23099@ininx>
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9405171200.A15167-0100000@mu.sans.vuw.ac.nz>
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On Mon, 16 May 1994, John E. Kreznar wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> 
> I wrote:
> 
> > This should be obvious, but probably bears repetition anyway:
> 
> > FREEMAN BEWARE: By switching to PGP 2.5 you would commence to affirm
> > with each message you send that you are a subject of the U.S. State.
> 
> I have been asked in email what would happen if a person outside the
> U.S. were to use it.
> 
> If a person were initially not a subject (``outside'') of the U.S., he
> would destroy that status in the process of acquiring PGP 2.5.  This
> follows from the MIT announcement:

So, you are saying that I will be automatically subject to US law if I 
use this product?  Hmmm, wonder what that does in terms of citizenship 
issues - as far as _I_ am concerned, the only law that has jurisdiction 
for me is NZ law, and US law can go get hanged, no?

On a different note, where are the PKP patents registered, and how?  Are 
they under the Int. Patent Coop. Treaty?  If so, they might have some 
validity here...
	- Smrf.
 
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