> On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 03:24:13PM -0400, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>
> > And even if the OpenSSL developers were
> > to come to the U.S., what would they be charged with? Violation of an
> > export law that doesn't apply to them because they are not citizens of
> > the U.S.?
>
> The law applies to anyone exporting software that originates from the
> US. And you don't seem to know that that does not just mean "exporting
> >From the US". It covers exporting from Switzerland to Germany just as
> well - see the definition of "re-export" in the regulations. We went
> through all that before. I think Richard has it archived on the web
> somewhere.
>
I definitely do understand this. But since the software was exported
from the U.S. without restrictions it is not legal in this country for
the government to pass a law to apply retro-active restrictions to
that software later on. The application of the laws depend on how the
software was exported from the U.S. in the first place.
Since you are legally receiving the software with the blessing of the
U.S. government (assuming the code was posted to a web site and
notification of the posting was made to BXA); and since that blessing
states that there are no re-export restrictions I don't see how you
could possibly be affected.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St * New York, NY * 10025 * USA
http://www.kermit-project.org/ * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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