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- From: pmetzger@snark.shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger)
- Subject: Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:28:22 GMT
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- res@colnet.cmhnet.org (Rob Stampfli) writes:
- >>As I remember, ITAR explicitly does not apply to technical data which has
- >>been published in publically available media (books, magazines, etc.).
- >
- >Two rather highly respected members of the net have made this claim, so
- >let's for a moment presume it is true. If a sympathetic congressman
- >could be convinced to place the source code into the Congressional Record,
- >would this not constitute publishing the work, and therefore divorce it
- >from any ITAR jurisdiction? Furthermore, I think the congressman would
- >be immune from prosecution, by constitutional edict, if this indeed would
- >ever become an issue.
- >
- >This would not, of course, in any sense address PKP's claim as a patent
- >holder, but it might lessen the chance of government interdiction.
- >
- >Comments?
-
- Why not just publish the source code in a magazine?
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- Perry Metzger pmetzger@shearson.com
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- Laissez faire, laissez passer. Le monde va de lui meme.
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