From owner-freebsd-security Mon Dec 18 17:14:26 1995 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA03926 for security-outgoing; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 17:14:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from the.link.ca (the.link.ca [198.169.185.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA03920 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 17:14:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from heathen.link.ca (jpw687.link.ca [198.169.185.96]) by the.link.ca (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA02882; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 19:13:54 -0600 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 19:13:54 -0600 Message-Id: <199512190113.TAA02882@the.link.ca> X-Sender: jpw687@the.link.ca X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.1.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: sjb@universe.digex.net From: Blas Zappa Subject: Re: legal to export DES outside of the US via Canada? Cc: security@freebsd.org Sender: owner-security@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Blas Zappa \ "If only they had used their aka \ terminals for niceness Jonathan Wilkins \ instead of evil"