From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 07:05:07 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Where to write crypto?
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In article <ae6eb71a050210041e74@[207.167.93.63]>,
Timothy C. May <tcmay@got.net> wrote:
>At 2:05 PM 9/25/96, s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.ca wrote:
>
>>Why go so far, when you can export crypto from Anguila or Canada. The
>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Are you _sure_ about what you say about Canada? After all, in nearly all
>defense- and crypto-related matters, they are essentially the 51st State.
>In fact, Canada is one of the places crypto may be exported _to_ from the
>U.S. without any license. So, export strong crypto into Canada and then
>invoke the "you can export crypto from...Canada" clause?
>
>I don't think so.

As far as I'm aware, the rule for Canada is this:

If it came from the US, it can only be exported back to the US.
If it did not come from the US, it can be exported to any "non-evil"
country ("evil" countries are ones like Libya).

Then there are rules for what "came from" means, which are less clear.
I've also heard "substantially modified": if software comes from the US
into Canada, and is "substantially modified" in Canada, it may be
exported.

   - Ian "having a vested interest in this topic..."

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