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From: dyer@spdcc.UUCP (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt,net.sources.d,misc.legal
Subject: Re: There are basically no export controls on public domain information.
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Date: Mon, 20-Oct-86 02:25:14 EDT
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Summary: it was advice given by AT&T

>Not much reason or logic.  The story I have heard is that the bozos at DEC
>were so incredibly stupid as to actually call the matter to the Feds'
>attention and ask them whether exporting crypt(1) and friends was all right.
>After a lot of confusion, the answer was -- predictably -- "no".

I'm not sure whether this occurred before or after DEC's phone call, but
all sites licensed for System V redistribution received a packet last year
from AT&T with a letter from their legal staff describing the situation and
listings of a new version of crypt().
-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@harvard.HARVARD.EDU
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