From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 05:34:18 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Let's Say "No!" to Single, World Versions of Software
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At 02:16 PM 7/31/96 -0700, Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com> wrote:

>The only thing they can revoke is their permission to provide it for
>download over the internet.  They can't revoke our permission to sell
>it in stores or via snail mail.

They _could_ refuse to give export permission for new RC4/40 versions,
and threaten prosecution if it's placed on the Internet.
It would be highly bogus, of course, but that's one of the "benefits"
of using selective enforcement and having the export strength limitations
be an individual-case-basis rather than a defined law they can be held to.

Tim wrote:
> Actually approving of disapproving a piece of software for sale 
> to U.S. citizens is not currently possible.

Sure.  The Commerce Klaus of the Constitution lets them do it
if they want to, though that required Congressional cooperation.


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