This needs to be in an FAQ somewhere...
Mike Stay enscribed thusly:
> Quoting http://www.digicrime.com/itar.html :
>
> "Our crack team of legal advisors has discovered a loophole in the ITAR
> export restrictions on cryptographic devices from the US. Specifically,
> it now appears that cryptographic software may be flown across the
> Mexican border using model rockets without regard to ITAR restrictions!
> Here's why. Section 120.17 of the ITAR reads as follows:
>
> @ 120.17 -- Export.
> Export means:
> (1) Sending or taking a defense article out of the United States in any
> manner, except by mere travel outside of the United States by a person
> whose personal knowledge includes technical data; or
>
> [...continuing later...]
>
> (6) A launch vehicle or payload shall not, by reason of the launching
> of such vehicle, be considered an export for purposes of this
> subchapter...
I believe that the standard reply is that it's not the "launch"
that makes it an export, it's the "landing". If you launch it into
space and it never comes down, you're covered. If it comes back down
anywhere but the U.S., you've just done it.
> That should make the Software Publisher's Association happy."
> --
> Mike Stay
> Cryptographer / Programmer
> AccessData Corp.
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike
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