Re: Exporting crypto from the US? Think first...

["James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>]

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At 07:39 PM 5/6/99 -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
> Still, if the government decided you were worth coming
> after, they might appeal a lower court loss, and let the
> case stack up in appeal, waiting for Bernstein to be
> finally decided. 

Large numbers of people have been conspicuously breaking this law for a
long time.

Who has been prosecuted?

They put Zimmerman in front of a grand jury forever and a day, but did not
want to let the case go to a real court.

If they took someone in front of a real court, and a real jury, they would
risk losing.  Far better to maintain fear, uncertainty, and doubt for as
long as possible.

> The upshot is that posting crypto source code, even from
> the 9th Circuit of the United States, still involves
> significant risk.  The risk is lower than it was yesterday,
> but it's still there.

Innumerable people have exported code.

Who is doing time?

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         James A. Donald
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