From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 19:29:30 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Question
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At 9:25 PM 7/23/96, pjn@nworks.com wrote:
>OK...A question for you all:
>
>  If it is illegal (by our governments standards...) to export programs
>like PGP, etc., and you can send the whole source code in a message
>because that is also considered illegal, then could you send the code,
>broken up into many pieces, and send THAT in Email, would that be
>illegal?

I don't think this has been spelled-out clearly in the ITARs, much less
tested in court, but the intent is clearly to subvert the ITARS.

Isomorphic to shipping out a piece of military hardware in pieces, wouldn't
you say?

And don't forget the "structuring" laws regarding the reporting of cash
transactions over $10K.

I don't think this has much promise.

--Tim May

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