[82021] in Cypherpunks
Re: [?????] PGP 5.0 Freeware is available from ???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Wed Jun 18 23:22:37 1997
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 19:29:07 -0700
To: Arunas Norvaisa <arunas@post1.com>
From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: Peng Chiew <pclow@pc.jaring.my>, cypherpunks@algebra.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970618180132.00696e10@post1.com>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
At 06:04 PM 6/18/97 +0300, Arunas Norvaisa wrote:
>> ftp.hacktic.nl
>> pub/replay/pub/incoming/pgp50trial.exe
> Will this be legal??? <= This is the question. BTW, when this
>'trial' version will cease to work?
"legal" means several things
1) If a US citizen in the US exported it, was that legal?
(probably not, though arguable in court.)
2) If a non-US-citizen located outside the US downloaded it
from an account on a system in the US, does the US government
have jurisdiction over them? (probably not, so "legal" is moot.)
3) Does Nederlands law prevent you from exporting it to Turkey?
(probably not, though if you were in Iraq or North Korea the
answer might be different.)
4) Does Turkish law limit your importing or use of the software?
(I don't know - you'll need to check that yourself.)
5) Does US law have any say over whether you can import it from
the Nederlands to Turkey? (Not really...)
# Thanks; Bill
# Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com
# You can get PGP outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp
# (If this is a mailing list or news, please Cc: me on replies. Thanks.)
