1996-10-01 - Re: How might new GAK be enforced?

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: “Timothy C. May” <tcmay@got.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-10-01 23:44:31 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 07:44:31 +0800

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 07:44:31 +0800
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: How might new GAK be enforced?
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On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
> Any other ideas on how the government plans to enforce GAK, to make GAK the
> overwhelmingly-preferred solution?

I am not certain that the USG has to make interoperable software illegal. 
It simply can withhold export licenses for products that allow such 
interoperability. That might go a long way to incentivizing industry to 
cooperate. But I would not at all be surprised if they took stronger 
measures.

--Lucky





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