From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 12:46:24 +0800
To: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Subject: Re: Netscape
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.94.960724183251.2024A-100000@switch.sp.org>
Message-ID: <31F6D034.237C@netscape.com>
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The Deviant wrote:
> 
> I would have suggested even being as nice as "We'll do the same as MIT
> does with PGP's distrobution, or RSA does with RSAREF (just so you'll
> know, RSA's FTP basicly has a readme file that says "the files in
> subdir of a dir thats -r+x to you, so if you're a citizen go to
> dist/usaRANDOM_NUMBER_HERE", thats it).  Then make them explain why
> Netscape should be any different.

MIT reportedly has a letter stating that their systems is okay.  The
state department wouldn't give us such a letter because they were
"currently reevaluating their guidelines", or some such thing.  We
convinced them to give us temporary permission for this system until
they had finalized their new policy.

-- 
You should only break rules of style if you can    | Tom Weinstein
coherently explain what you gain by so doing.      | tomw@netscape.com