From: Michael Froomkin <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
To: Frank Stuart <fstuart@vetmed.auburn.edu>
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From: Michael Froomkin <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 04:36:28 +0800
To: Frank Stuart <fstuart@vetmed.auburn.edu>
Subject: Re: Spam the Sign!
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On Wed, 22 Nov 1995, Frank Stuart wrote:
> >[regarding suggestion that netscape give mit or someone a 128 bit version
> >to place on an ftp server]
> >
> >This is not an apology for the the ITAR, just my usual lawyerly overcaution:
> >
> >Suppose A gives B a program that is export controlled, intending for B to
> >allow it to be exported. Has A conspired with B to export the program?
> >
> >Let's ask the grand jury investigating Phil....
>
> That's a possible problem, I suppose, but wouldn't you be protected if
> your license agreement with MIT (or whoever) specified redistribution
> "for domestic use only"?
>
"protected"? No. "Helped"? Yes. The government can argue to the jury
that the agreement was a sham and you knew it....
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