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Re: Crypto Exposure
Bill Stewart writes:
: >- What if the foreigner actually write crypto code while in
: >the US? Does he (or the Uni/ISP) violate export restrictions each
: >time he access the source code or execute his program if they are
: >stored on a public (Uni/ISP) machine?
:
: The foreigner isn't a US person, so he doesn't violate the
: law by reading the code himself. If the Uni or ISP knows
: that it's providing encryption software to the foreigner,
: it may be liable, but without scienter it's tough to have guilt.
: Probably the foreigner should not keep encryption software on
: University or ISP machines - floppy disks should do just fine :-)
If the foreigner doesn't have a green card he is a foreign person and
allowing himself to read his own code would be disclosing that code to
a foreign person and that is a felony unless he first gets a license
which he can't get because he is a foreign person or a favorable
commodity jurisdiction determination which he can't get without first
reading his code and sending a copy of it to the Office of Defense
Trade Controls.
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Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
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