On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, J.H.M. Dassen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 1999 at 21:01:48 +1100, Garrick Chien Welsh wrote: > > I've never heard anything to suggest it was illegal for anyone in America > > to use an international version of that software. > > Quoting from the description of the "rsaref" package: > : RSAREF is a cryptographic toolkit developed by RSA Data Security Inc. It > : implements the core of an RSA public key cryptography system. RSADSI holds > : the patent to the RSA algorithm, and thus this library is the only > : implementation that is legal to use in the US. > > International versions of programs using RSA encryption generally do not use > RSAREF. This is a patent issue, not an import/export law issue though. > While personally I have no idea if that is correct or not. This is where I recieved my percieved idea of what the export laws of the US caused this all. " : The heart of the issue is the US Export Regulations, which classifies : cryptographic software as munitions. Thus you need a license in order : to export PGP from the USA. However, the Export Regulations only : covers software in electronic form (e.g. on disks, or via the : Internet). PGP 5.0i, on the other hand, was compiled from source code : that was printed in a book (well, actually 12 books - over 6000 : pages!). The books were exported from the USA in accordance with the : US Export Regulations, and the pages were then scanned and OCRed to : make the source available in electronic form. " Please take a look at the URL if you'd like http://www.pgpi.com/project/ Personally I don't know, but at least you understand how my opnion was created.
------------- Garrick Welsh mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I filled out an application that said "In Case Of Emergency Notify:" I wrote "Doctor"... What's my mother going to do?
