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SubjectRe: 2.4 and Strong Cryptography...
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Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> said:
> "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com> writes:
>
> > ] SEC. 740.13 TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE < UNRESTRICTED (TSU)
> > ]
> > ] (2) You may not knowingly export or re-export source code or
> > ] products developed with this source code to Cuba, Iran, Iraq,
> > ] Libya, North Korea, Sudan or Syria.
> > ]
> > ] (3) Posting of the source code on the Internet (e.g., FTP or
> > ] World Wide Web site) where the source code may be downloaded by
> > ] anyone would not establish "knowledge" as described in subparagraph
> > ] (2) of this section. In addition, such posting would not trigger
> > ] "red flags" necessitating the affirmative duty to inquire under
> > ] the "Know Your Customer" guidance provided in Supplement No. 3
> > ] to Part 732.

> Although it does not affect me where I live, these two subsections are
> the outcome of a twisted mind. You may not export things to the
> countries named in (2), but you may publicly offer the stuff for im- and
> export (download). Subtlety: with active FTP, you actually have your FTP
> server export things. %-)
>
> Thus, (3) effectively swallows (2), both paragraphs could safely be
> omitted.

It is not the same. If I make a CD and send it to Cuba somehow, the NSA
won't be able to catch it in flight ;-)
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