[79373] in Cypherpunks
Re: SAFE Bill is a Disaster--"Use a cipher, go to prison"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sameer)
Thu May 1 17:53:09 1997
From: sameer <sameer@c2.net>
To: whgiii@amaranth.com (William H. Geiger III)
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 12:47:13 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: tcmay@got.net, sameer@c2.net, jseiger@cdt.org, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <199705011941.OAA10162@mailhub.amaranth.com> from "William H. Geiger III" at "May 1, 97 02:43:07 pm"
Reply-To: sameer <sameer@c2.net>
>
> It is my understanding that not only is the above true but the financing of
> the development of crypto off-shore is also made illegal by the new
> restrictions. So if C2Net were to hire an independent foreign co. to
> develop their international version it would be in volation of the current
> regs even if no code was exported.
That is an incorrect understanding of the law.
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