[47909] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ulf Moeller)
Wed Jan 24 19:46:07 1996
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 96 22:14 MET
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Ulf_Moeller@public.uni-hamburg.de (Ulf Moeller)
In-Reply-To: <3105FBFC.4DC9@netscape.com>
> I can see two practical ways to build a netscape product outside
>the US. The first is to export the source code for the Navigator
>with the crypto code removed. All of the calls to crypto would
>have to be removed as well. I've heard some people claim that the
>government could come after us on the grounds that we were taking
>part in a conspiracy to export strong crypto.
If you properly apply for a license to export the source code
(explainig that the source code licensee might add the features
that he feels are appropriate), is it still a conspiracy?
