1996-10-03 - Re: How might new GAK be enforced?

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From: “Peter D. Junger” <junger@pdj2-ra.F-REMOTE.CWRU.Edu>
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-10-03 02:46:29 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 10:46:29 +0800

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From: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@pdj2-ra.F-REMOTE.CWRU.Edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 10:46:29 +0800
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: How might new GAK be enforced?
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Richard Coleman writes:

: I've always wondered why large companies just don't write some type of
: standards document for crypto to interoperate, and then have each
: foreign branch write (or contract out) their own version.  I don't see how
: this violates export laws in any way.

The definition of ``software'' in the ITAR includes ``algortihms'' and
``logic flow'', so I suspect that the ODTC wouuld claim that the
standards are software that cannot be ``exported'' without a licnese.

--
Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
Internet:  junger@pdj2-ra.f-remote.cwru.edu    junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu
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