[1633] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: BXA TAC meeting in Portland yesterday
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Antonomasia)
Fri Sep 26 12:44:56 1997
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 20:26:48 +0100
From: Antonomasia <ant@notatla.demon.co.uk>
To: cryptography@c2.net, gbroiles@netbox.com, mikec@cobweb.co.uk
Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>:
> As noted previously by John Young <http://www.jya.com/bxa082597.htm>, the
> Department of Commerce's Bureau of Export Administration's Technical
> Advisory Committee held a meeting yesterday in Portland, OR. C2Net paid for
> me to fly up to Portland and attend the meeting. The following are notes re
> what happened -
> One speaker said that he expects the UK to adopt controls re "intangible"
> items - by this he seemed to mean control over the export of "technical
> data" and "technical assistance" related to controlled items, similar to
> the US' control over providing data/information/assistance to foreigners
> related to export-controlled items.
The mail from Mike Cobb quoted below in part (and available in full from
my archives) may explain what 'controls re "intangible" items' are about:
email and ftp etc rather than floppy disk.
mail arcbot@notatla.demon.co.uk << END
get 96dec19.072115+0000_gmt.40627-19375+266@mail.u-net.net
get 97feb20.181331+0000_gmt.1310393-14563+15@mail.u-net.net
get 97feb20.181347+0000_gmt.1310393-14578+13@mail.u-net.net
get 97feb21.101327+0000_gmt.1310315-14582+134@mail.u-net.net
END
The '20mar1997' date seems to be an error in my archive, probably because
of the way I was inserting a backlog of messages during March & April.
From: "mike cobb" <mikec@cobweb.co.uk>
Date: 20mar1997
Subject: UK Encryption Policy
Keywords: uk policy
The letter from the DTI was dated 18 February 1997 and any spelling
mistakes are mine.
Thank you for your letter of 30 January 1997 providing further
information.*
It appears to us that the KeyRing Version 1.0 Encryption Software Program,
when exported by intangible means, does not require an export licence,
unless you find the end-use of your intended export falls within the
categories outlined in the Supplementary Notice of Export Licensing
Procedures (ECO Notice STU/1, Issue 14) dated November 1996.
Please note, however, that software programs of the type covered by your
enquiry do require an export licence if exported in a tangible form, (e.g.
on floppy disc or CD ROM) and a licence application form should be
submitted.
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