[67319] in Cypherpunks
Re: Fw: Re: ITAR satellite provision
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (The Deviant)
Fri Oct 4 16:35:56 1996
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 20:09:56 +0000 (GMT)
From: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Cc: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>, Remo Pini <rp@rpini.com>,
cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.94.961003165524.1737A-100000@polaris>
On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Black Unicorn wrote:
> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 17:07:47 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
> To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
> Cc: Remo Pini <rp@rpini.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: Fw: Re: ITAR satellite provision
>
[...]
> "A launch vehicle or payload shall not, by reason of the launching of such
> vehicle, be considered an export for purposes of this subchapter."
>
> Focus on "by reason of launching of such vehicle,"
>
> Launching a vehicle alone is not export. It takes more than launch to
> make it an export. More than the launching is not much.
[...]
> --
> I hate lightning - finger for public key - Vote Monarchist
> unicorn@schloss.li
>
So.. if I were to take PGP, put it on a floppy disk, tape it to a model
rocket, and launch it across the mexican border, that's not exporting it
(although the FAA might complain)?
--Deviant
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that
you do it." --Mahatma Gandhi
