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From: Nicholas Solntseff <ns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] **** Export controls: US wants to export-license fundamental
research again
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At 06:47 AM 09/05/2005, you wrote:
Begin forwarded message:
From: John Gilmore <gnu@xxxxxxxx>
Date: May 8, 2005 8:47:25 PM EDT
To: cryptography@xxxxxxxxxxxx, gnu@xxxxxxxx
Cc: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jennifer Mankoff <jmankoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Judy Franz <franz@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Export controls: US wants to export-license fundamental
research again
The export control snakes are trying to crawl out of their snakepit
again. By tiny wording changes, they're trying to overturn the
exemptions that protect First Amendment activity from being restricted
by the export controls. We have until May 27 to file written
comments.
This reminds me of the 1980s and the "Software is Munitions" days.
My department at McMaster University (Hamilton, ON) bought the then
latest IBM data-base software. The package came with a DOD
notice that it had to be kept under lock and key, away from any
non-NATO nationals, who were precluded from seeing or using it.
When I asked our legal department whether we had to install it
and then uninstall it every time a Canadian researcher or student
used it, I was told to forget the whole thing -- export-license rules
were not really enforceable in Canada.
I am wondering: as someone born in China of 100% Russian extraction
and probably in CSIS (Canadian intelligence), ASIO (Australian intelligence),
FBI and other security files (it's a long story -- I shall tell it one day in
my memoirs!), what would be my status vis-a-vis the proposed regulations
were I to visit the USA?
Nicholas Solntseff.....