From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,345c9fcf5a67a99f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-27 16:41:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!news-east.rr.com!chnws02.ne.ipsvc.net!cyclone.ne.ipsvc.net!24.128.8.70!typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CF2C425.7060709@attbi.com> From: "Robert I. Eachus" Organization: Eachus Associates User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020314 Netscape6/6.2.2 X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Microsoft takes on ACT References: <4519e058.0205230724.38617c60@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0205251441.2e9489fb@posting.google.com> <877klqll1j.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 23:37:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.61.239.24 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net 1022542628 24.61.239.24 (Mon, 27 May 2002 19:37:08 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 19:37:08 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24855 Date: 2002-05-27T23:37:08+00:00 List-Id: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes: > I know there is an implicit smiley here, but still, just > to answer this, of course such delivery systems would almost never be > under the GPL so this is an (entertaining) > rhetorical question Florian Weimer wrote: > But they might contain technology which cannot otherwise legally > exported from the US: "A launch vehicle or payload shall not, by the > launching of such vehicle, be considered export for the purposes of > this subchapter." (ITAR, 120.17) Gee, this gets very entertaining. So if some Space Shuttle flight carries encryption software to the International Space Station, that is explicitly not export. If an non-US Cosmonaut returns to Russia with that software, is it already outside of ITAR rules? I think so. Just don't be the astronaut that hands the software to the cosmonaut. That could lead to the sort of good legal case that results in bad law.