From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:47:44 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Zimmermann case is dropped.
Message-ID: <199601122220.XAA06261@utopia.hacktic.nl>
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I wrote:
>   ...and I'm sure they'll be watching VERY closely to see how
>version 3.0 will be distributed....

John Young wrote:
>AUSA William Keane in today's WSJ:
>
>      "This decision shouldn't be interpreted as meaning
>      anything. I caution people against concluding the
>      Internet is now free for export."

Alex Strasheim wrote:

>The government's policy doesn't prevent crypto from spreading around the
>world, but it does discourage a lot of people from distributing code 
>they've written or modified.  That's the point of the policy, and from 
>their point of view it's probably a big success.


  My sentiments <expanded upon> exactly.  I tend to disbelieve in
coincidences.  Rather, I found the timing of dropping the investigation
of PRZ and the anticipated release of version 3.0 extremely interesting.
One might conclude that their attitude was: "Let's throw this fish back
and aim for a 'keeper'.