Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 18:43:50 -0500 From: Scott Brickner <sjb@austin.ibm.com> To: Jeff Aitken <jaitken@cslab.vt.edu> Cc: sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan), security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: secure/ changes... Message-ID: <9507262343.AA18171@ozymandias.austin.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: (Your message of Wed, 26 Jul 1995 17:01:48 CDT.) <199507262101.RAA19119@husky.cslab.vt.edu>
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Jeff Aitken writes: >Although I don't claim to understand much about this whole issue, many >of the net.lawyers (and probably a few real ones too ;) think >Zimmermann is not guilty, but that hasn't stopped the DoJ from >prosecuting him (last I heard). Perhaps Rodney is simply taking the >position that he isn't willing to risk it, even if it seems like >importing crypto software isn't relaly illegal in all cases. The >entire FreeBSD core team has gone to great lengths to avoid any further >confrontations with USL, despite the beliefs of many well informed >people who thought their lawsuit was groundless/pointless/useless/ >frivilous/etc. Perhaps that lesson is carrying over into this issue... They aren't prosecuting him, yet. They're just persecuting him. No formal charges have been brought. I assume you bring this up to point out that the legality of the issue is independent from persecution on the issue. True. But the persecution is still based on a specific prohibition --- export of crypto --- under ITAR. ITAR doesn't cover import. Were import illegal, PRZ would also be harrassed for the import of IDEA. He isn't, ergo import is legal.home | help
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