1996-07-21 - Re: Netscape

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From: David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>
To: Tom Weinstein <cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 9db141865fe31b0856482c433c550280a8a05bf7821a9774ed3ef16431db1f4e
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Reply To: <199607200930.LAA08360@basement.replay.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-07-21 17:29:13 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 01:29:13 +0800

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From: David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 01:29:13 +0800
To: Tom Weinstein <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Netscape
In-Reply-To: <199607200930.LAA08360@basement.replay.com>
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At 3:27 PM -0700 7/20/96, Tom Weinstein wrote:

>>> And thus it begins... I think it's a bad idea to provoke the TLAs
>>> like this, but I suppose it's inevitable.
>>
>> Why is it a bad idea? If you don't do it, you support the ITAR
>> by your lack of action! Every day that you don't export strong
>> crypto you assist the enemy.
>
>Why not consider what the consequences will be?  Do you seriously
>believe that this will make the government stop enforcing ITAR?  Do you
>believe it will make them change the law?  No.  What it will do is make
>them remove our permission to distribute this stuff.

Remind anyone of the old aphorism "I will fight to the death the right to
say it. Your death."?

David







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