From: Geoffrey KEATING <geoffk@discus.anu.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 22:50:56 +0800
To: cjh@osa.com.au
Subject: Re: (Fwd) Australian "ITAR" regulations
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> Peter Trei writes:
> > Forwarded from the cypherpunks list...
> > http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp.pl/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/cer439/sch13.html?query=cryptographic
> 
> Thanks for posting this URL Peter.  Of particular note is the heading:
> 
> > 43.       Other goods as follows:
> 
> An anonymous opinion from inside the Defence Dept holds that electronic
> bits on a wire do not constitute goods, and as a result if you ship
> electronically, you are not subject to the regulations.  If you ship a
> CD or floppy or other physical media containing software, you violate the
> regulations.

If you glance at reg. 13b, under 'software', you'll find that it
specifically says '"software" means [program(s)] fixed in any tangible
medium of expression'.

-- 
-Geoff Keating (Geoff.Keating@anu.edu.au)