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- Subject: Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality
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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 21 Dec 92 19:48:45 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.110814.27222@netcom.com> <a_rubin.724442396@dn66> <1992Dec18.230642.9747@netcom.com> <1992Dec19.000207.15616@netcom.com>
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- In <1992Dec19.000207.15616@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
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- >In order to stop the silly discussion about "technical data",
- >is source code o.k., etc., by some here who are making it up
- >as they go along, here are some facts:
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- >"(c) Disclosures. Unless otherwise expressly exempted in this
- >subchapter, a license is required for the oral, visual, or documentary
- >disclosure of technical data... A license is required regardless
- >of the manner in which the technical data is transmitted (e.g., in
- >person, by telephone, correspondence, electronic means, telex, etc.)."
- >
-
- But "public domain" technical data was exempted -- in effect, there is no
- disclosure.
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- >What is "export?" Section 120.10, "Export," begins:
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- >"'Export' means, for purposes of this subchapter: ...(c) Sending or
- >taking technical data outside of the United States in any manner
- >except that by mere travel outside of the United States by a person
- >whose technical knowledge includes technical data; or..."
-
- >Is pgp subject to the ITAR? See Part 121, the Munitions List, in
- >particular Category XIII, of which paragraph (b) reads, in part,
- >"...privacy devices, cryptographic devices and software (encoding and
- >decoding), and components specifically designed or modified
- >therefore,..."
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- >A further definition in 121.8, paragraph (f) reads: "Software
- >includes but is not limited to the system functional design,
- >logic flow, algorithms, application programs, ..."
- ^^^^^^^^^^
-
- So, SciAm was in violation of ITAR, after all, even without the presence of
- code.
-
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