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- From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 01:55:31 -0500
- Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation
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- Message-ID: <9212140155.AA31361@chaos.intercon.com>
- References: <1992Dec13.192149.8211@netcom.com>
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- strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
- > It's also been claimed by one correspondent that a)IDEA has been
- > published and b)the above footnote exemption would mean that
- > the IDEA component of PGP wouldn't provide a basis for proceeding
- > against PGP under the Munitions Act.
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- I do not think this is supportable. What it means is that a description of
- IDEA would be exempted from the restrictions on technical data. An
- implementation of IDEA would still be considered a defense article.
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- Amanda Walker
- InterCon Systems Corporation
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