> `(3) FACTORS IN DETERMINING EXEMPTION- In determining whether a person
> qualifies for the exemption under paragraph (2), the factors to be
> considered shall include--
> `(A) whether the information derived from the encryption research was
> disseminated, and if so, whether it was disseminated in a manner
> reasonably calculated to advance the state of knowledge or development
> of encryption technology, versus whether it was whether it was
> disseminated in a manner that facilitates infringement under this
> title or a violation of applicable law other than this section,
> including a violation of privacy or breach of security;
>
> -Declan
>
>
I've been rereading this a bunch of times trying to figure out
what, if anything, it's supposed to mean. I've come up with two
slightly different interpretations:
1) If you release your results at a university-sponsored conference
you're an exempt researcher, but if you release identical results at
Defcon you're a criminal.
2) Anyone with the financial resources or legal background to get
this law overturned on Constitutional grounds is not to be
prosecuted in the first place.
I think 2 is actually the more accurate reading.
George
