[68252] in Cypherpunks
Re: exporting signatures only/CAPI (was Re: Why not PGP?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary Howland)
Fri Oct 18 09:00:59 1996
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 14:43:24 +0200
From: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Ian Goldberg wrote:
>
> I remember hearing (if my memory is correct, from the mouth of a Microsoft
> employee at Crypto '96) that when Microsoft signs a module, they are certifying
> that they saw a signed sheet of paper swearing that either
> (1) you won't export the software, or
> (2) you have received an appropriate export license.
>
> AFAIK, they don't even read the code.
Really? This implies they would have no objections to signing freely
available code, which as we all know will eventually make its way
overseas (indeed, it may have originated there).
Gary
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pub 1024/C001D00D 1996/01/22 Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
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