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New Scientist: UK bill would "infringe scientists' freedom"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Cheesman)
Wed Feb 20 11:26:30 2002
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http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991944
UK bill would "infringe scientists' freedom"
14:30 18 February 02
...
For decades, controls have existed on the transfer of physical goods on the
"dual-use" list - a list, recognised by the international community, of
technologies that could have both civilian and military uses.
...
"The problem of the dual list is that it contains anything that the MOD
thinks is high-tech," explains Anderson. This can include anything from
semiconductor testing equipment and hard composites to certain types of
catalyst, he says. It would also include types of software that many
researchers have posted on their websites, such as cryptoanalytic or
code-breaking programmes. Such postings could become illegal overnight.
...
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