"Salz, Rich" wrote:
>
> >Why would writing documentation be a problem here?
> The current regulations prohibit US persons from providing technical
> assistance to anything that would be export-controlled if it were inside the
> US. Pretty obviously, this would include diff's and documentation.
If you live in my Federal District, I believe you're in error. The current
law, pending a full Ninth Circuit appellate ruling, is Judgel Patel's
decision.
Documentation is probably protected speech, while diffs are actually
program instructions. We'll see where it goes. Meanwhile, all this
fear-mongering about draconian US export laws is nauseating -- is a
single person in a US prison for ITAR violations related to encryption?
Since you cite the Bernstein case, note that the following rulings
apply:
1) April 1996: Computer program source code is speech;
2) December 1996: ITAR was unconstitutional;
3) August 1997: New Commerce Department cryptography regulations
issued in December, 1996 are unconstitutional.
I'm still waiting for whoever exported RSAREF to turn himself in ;-)
Cheers,
Michael
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