From: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 20:27:08 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Philip L. Karlton" <karlton@netscape.com>
Subject: Re: PIS_son
In-Reply-To: <32700D64.7275@netscape.com>
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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Philip L. Karlton wrote:

> The Deviant wrote:
>  
> > On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> > >   John, I think you are misreading the intent here.  By making
> > > it easier to develop separate domestic and exportable
> > > versions of a product, we foil the government's attempt to
> > > force weak domestic encryption because it is too much work to
> > > maintain two different versions.
> 
> > Intents are arguments used by idealists.  Netscapes screwing us over.
> 
> Please explain your position. The engineering community at Netscape is
> doing what it can, within the law, to provide strong crypto to our
> customers.
> 
> PK
> --
> Philip L. Karlton			karlton@netscape.com
> Principal Curmudgeon			http://www.netscape.com/people/karlton
> Netscape Communications Corporation
> 
>     Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
> 	-- Albert Einstein
> 

As I later said to Jeff, I was tired, i misread something.  I apologize.
thats about you 'screwing us over' (the IBM crapload 'bout GAK)

on the otherhand, if you read carefully, "Civil Disobediance" is within
the law.

 --Deviant
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that
you do it."  --Mahatma Gandhi