From: azur@netcom.com (Steve Schear)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:10:36 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: New US regs ban downloadable data-security software
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>> shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green) writes:
>> > Commercial data security software of any kind, regardless if it uses crypto
>> > or not, is however prohibited from being distributed via the Internet or
>> > being exported by any other means.
>>

But does it ban commercial companies from benefiting from their software if
it is illegally exported (e.g., via the Net).  Should, for example, PGP
find users of its new software (who might be outside the U.S.) paying via
ecash, should they accept the payment?

-- Steve