Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Nov 1998 08:51:45 +1300 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: kerneli blowfish/twofish compromised? |
| |
On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 11:13:01AM +0800, David Luyer wrote:
> Is it legal to export the source code on paper in a non-text > format? eg: text with barcode down the side, barcode is what you > actually read?
yes -- when the NY Time did an article on Adam Backs .sig and other things, they had a photo of rsa on a bardcode, which I hear was deliberatly blurred so as not to test export restrictions.
> Also, how about writing a sed filter for C->English and for the > generated English->C? Surely if source code is run through this > filter is is then exportable, as it is now a description rather > than a program.
It's been done -- but it's arguably still illegal if its machine readable.
> A third point is that arms are exportable if fired in a rocket over > the border AFAIK.
Really? There is some exclusion covering rockets or the border? Where can I get more details on this?
> Fourthly, is it legal to display cryptography source code on TV > (some small community TV station near the border - maybe > UofTexas@ElPaso have one which could be used in the early hours of > the morning?)?
If the signal is received and decoded outside the us -- its an export.
-cw
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |