>>>> "sb" == SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org>
writes:
sb> Go for it. Crypto stuffs are considered munitions by current
sb> USG laws, but if the President doesn't have to abide by the
sb> law, neither do we. Let's get this stuff in ASAP and make the
sb> world a better place.
>>>> "Len" == Leonard Blanks
<ltb(a)haruspex.demon.co.uk> writes:
Len> Geez ... I never realised that fellatio was restricted as
Len> weaponry under ITAR. Live and learn ;-)
;-)
There's a fallacy in Steve's argument, which fellatio in the Oval
Office unfortunately won't resolve. Clinton has more expensive
lawyers than we do, for one thing. And the only Presidents in
memory[1] who might conceivably have been law-abiding are Ford,
Carter, and Bush. Not a good recommendation for law-abidingness in
Presidents.
Be that as it may. Be careful, OK? I personally live in Japan, and
doubt I'll get extradited over it; For those of you who live in the
States, the ITAR stuff is potentially a lot nastier than Unisys could
ever be if, say, Jesse Helms should get a bug up his nostril.
At least consider the Debian et al model of developing the "munitions"
outside the US and distributing it that way too.
Footnotes:
[1] Ie, JFK and after, for me.
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