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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 1995 19:13:54 -0600
From:      Blas Zappa <jpw687@mail.usask.ca>
To:        sjb@universe.digex.net
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: legal to export DES outside of the US via Canada?
Message-ID:  <199512190113.TAA02882@the.link.ca>

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At 12:48 PM 12/15/95 -0600, you wrote:

>U.S. law doesn't (normally) apply to Canadian citizens, even though the
>U.S. LEAs seem to think it should, so, having received ITAR-controlled
>code under the above exemption, the Canadian citizen may do with it
>what he will.  It violates only the agreement he made with the
>exporter, not law.  No one will come to get him, and the exporter
>should be safe from judgements.

  I was actually wondering about this just the other day.. if this is the
case, and anyone wishes to export out of this continent I'd be glad to be a
redistributor/courier.. I really hate ridiculous, unenforcable laws...
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Blas Zappa     \   "If only they had used their
aka             \    terminals for niceness
Jonathan Wilkins \    instead of evil"



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