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Re: UK Encryption Policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Back)
Mon Feb 24 14:18:02 1997
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 15:47:23 GMT
From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
To: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz
CC: cryptography@c2.net, ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk
In-reply-to: <85659291010490@cs26.cs.auckland.ac.nz>
(pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz)
Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz> writes:
> [...]
> "Categories 0 to 9 of this list do not control `software' which is either:
> a. Generally available to the public by being:
> 1. Sold from stock at retail selling points, without restriction, by
> means of:
> a. Over-the-counter transactions;
> b. Mail order transactions; or
> c. Telephone order transactions; and
> 2. Designed for installation by the user without further substantial
> support by the supplier; or
> b. `In the public domain'.
>
> [...]
>
> The consequences of this exception are interesting. Last year the Canadian
> government allowed the free export of a whole batch of encryption software
> based on this clause. However the Wassenaar arrangement requires that:
>
> "In accordance with the provisions of this arrangement, participating states
> agree to notify transfers and denials".
>
> The Canadian government was therefore required to notify other
> states of the ruling that there were no restrictions on the
> software. In export regulations published after this date, a
> curious change has been made to the regulations with the addition
> of:
>
> "With the exception of Category 5, Part 2"
Is this modification limited to the Candian version?
Do you have an electronic copy of the Wassenaar arrangement?
I am building a collection at:
http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/export/
Adam
