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- From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
- Subject: Re: Legal Stuff!
- Message-ID: <bontchev.725034061@fbihh>
- Sender: news@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Mr. News)
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- Organization: Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 14:21:01 GMT
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- strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
-
- > You seem not to be listening here. The issue of the legality of PGP is
- > not a patent one but a Munitions Act one, since the U.S. copies were
- > brought in from outside the U.S. without a Munitions Act import
- > license, and since PGP includes IDEA, it requires one.
-
- I am listening very carefully here... It was -you- who said that PGP
- cannot be imported in the USA due to the patent infringement issues.
- In the same message you admited that the ITAR restrictions issue is
- debatable. Maybe you should read your own messages more carefully.
-
- Regards,
- Vesselin
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