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From: artm@phred.UUCP (Art Marriott)
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Subject: Re: There are basically no export controls on public domain information.
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Date: Fri, 10-Oct-86 16:30:00 EDT
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In relation to this, a year or two ago the IEEE sort of gave up and started
submitting drafts of the papers of vitrually all technical conferences it
sponsored to the Department of Defense for prior approval.  Prior to this
they had to deal with DOD representatives arriving a day or two before a
conference and insisting on going through the proceedings and deleting any
items they thought might relate to "sensitive technology".  Made for something
of a mad scramble to edit slides, speakers' notes and such, and in a few cases
made it hard to fill up the available time with what was left.

It seems that since the Reagan administration took office the military has
operated under the assumption that ALL scientific and technological develop-
ments in the US are potentially its property if they can possibly be used for
military purposes.  I don't know if this has been challenged lately in court,
but most technical organizations either don't want to bother with it or are
aware that a substantial percentage of their membership work for the government
in one way or another.

What's regrettable is that this in fact tends to stifle development of tech-
nology.  Eventually the boys in uniform won't have to worry about keeping our
great stuff from getting out of the country because we won't have anything that
anybody else would want.


                                                  Art Marriott
                                                  Physio-Control
                                                  tikal!phred!artm

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