[105669] in Cypherpunks
Re: FC: More on Network Associates and its crypto-politics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Wed Nov 18 15:59:40 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:29:50 -0500
To: "Douglas L. Peterson" <fnorky@chisp.net>,
"cypherpunks@Algebra.com" <cypherpunks@Algebra.com>
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
In-Reply-To: <36532901.A0A9255B@chisp.net>
Reply-To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
You're not a US corporation that hopes to use the same software
domestically and abroad, for instance.
At 01:07 PM 11-18-98 -0700, Douglas L. Peterson wrote:
>Declan McCullagh wrote:
>>
>> William -- your speculation may be true, but for now we can settle for
>> fact: they do support export controls. It makes sense, too: export ctrls
>> create an artificial market for key recovery crypto, which TIS will be
>> happy to sell to you.
>
>Wouldn't this only work if import controls were put in place? Right now
>there is very little to keep me from buying non-GAK software from
>someone
>other than TIS.
>
>-Doug
>www.TheServerFarm.net
>
