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Re: export restictions and investments
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Wed Nov 19 11:59:10 1997
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 23:18:49 +0000
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
To: Greg Rose <ggr@qualcomm.com>
CC: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>, cypherpunks@algebra.com, cryptography@c2.net
Greg Rose wrote:
> Of course crypto is not currently classed as a
> weapon of mass destruction
Hmmm ... the EEC/UK regs on WMD have specific things to say about
crypto, and definitely restrict crypto export (at least in some
circumstances - naturally, the whole thing is horrifically complex and
no-one is about to explain it).
Cheers,
Ben.
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