From: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 06:56:42 +0800
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: ITAR satellite provision
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On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Black Unicorn wrote:

> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 17:07:47 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
> To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
> Cc: Remo Pini <rp@rpini.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: Fw: Re: ITAR satellite provision
> 
[...]
> "A launch vehicle or payload shall not, by reason of the launching of such
> vehicle, be considered an export for purposes of this subchapter."
> 
> Focus on "by reason of launching of such vehicle,"
> 
> Launching a vehicle alone is not export.  It takes more than launch to
> make it an export.  More than the launching is not much.
[...]
> --
> I hate lightning - finger for public key - Vote Monarchist
> unicorn@schloss.li
> 

So.. if I were to take PGP, put it on a floppy disk, tape it to a model
rocket, and launch it across the mexican border, that's not exporting it
(although the FAA might complain)?

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