From: Colin Whittaker (grimnar at domain redbrick.dcu.ie)
Date: Tue 01 Feb 2000 - 12:09:47 GMT
Jakma, Paul stated the following on Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 12:07:54PM -0000 :
> > > And now the US has less restrictive crypto export rules
> > than Ireland does
> > > (although AFAIK it's easy enough to get a license granted
> > here, once all
> > > the paperwork is done).
> >
> > but under wassenaar any crypto with published source exempted.
>
> I don't think they had much choice considering the way the internet works.
> I'm sure they would have loved to have made all crypto regulated....
So how many widely used algorithms dont have published source.
Makes the rules a bit pointless, doesn't it.
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