In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, William Allen Simpson writes:
> Looks like they are reinventing the GPL, except to infect other sources.
>
> (4)(i) for encryption source code (including published source code
> which is subject to proprietary commercial agreements or other
> restriction), any new product developed with this source code must be
> classified by BXA (see paragraph (e) of this section) prior to
> re-export.
>
> A little slap in the face to PGP -- and may make GPG code classifiable.
I was about to make a snide comment that they're just endorsing open source
software -- but is there any definition of "other restriction"? Does the GPL
count? Are they trying to ban any publication of anything that isn't flat-out
public domain? And if something is flat-out public domain, how can the
"exporter" impose the viral restrictions? For that matter, what is "export"?
Posting something to Usenet? Putting it up on a Web page or FTP server? The
act of downloading it?
--Steve Bellovin
