From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 14:41:38 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: CJR returned to sender
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Timothy C. May wrote:
> 
> At 4:43 PM 10/26/95, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> 
> >  The ITARs are currently keeping us(Netscape) from distributing
> >our US-only products to people within the United States.  We have
> >asked for clarification from the government about network distribution,
> >such as how much verification of location and citizenship of the
> >recipient we must do, and have yet to receive a response.  That
> >makes it more than just an export issue, at least for us.
> 
> And I agree that this is a much more important issue than whether a t-shirt
> can get an OK for export or not.
> 
> If the CJR for the t-shirt is ultimately granted, what useful information
> will be derived, or what implications for Netscape's question will be
> discovered?
> 
> If the CJR for the t-shirt is ultimately denied, ditto?

  It will force the bureaucrats to make a decision, which will be
the subject to much public scrutiny.  Hopefully it will generate a
stir in the press and inform many more people of the problems of
the current system.

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.