RE: Government Control of Ada

[LINNIG@ti-eg.CSNET (Mike Linnig)]

IN%"JMUNGLE%ada20.isi.edu@CSNET-RELAY" asks:

>   A couple of questions:  1) How can the government control nonclassified
> information?  2) What exactly is meant by Ada-related technology?  Can I
> teach Ada to foreign graduate students, for example?  Exactly what is going
> on here....

Sitting on my desk is a copy of the final report for CAMP (Common Ada
Missile Packages).

On its cover page is the following:

    WARNING: This document contains technical data whose export is
    restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C. 2751 et
    seq) or Executive Order 12470. Violation of these export-control laws
    is subject to severe criminal penalities. Dissemination of this
    document is controlled under DoD directive 5230.25
    
It also says "Distribution Limited to DoD and DoD Contractors Only".

IT IS TOTALLY UNCLASSIFIED.

Now, just glancing through this document, I can see nothing that merits
this warning. Nothing that would make it classified, or anything that would
really help an enemy (other than helping them to write better Ada code).
I'm sure the authors were forced by the government to include this notice.

I've noticed this trend for sometime now (marking documents with unneeded
restrictions), and find it quite upsetting [just try finding an
unrestricted VHSIC related document].

This kind of stuff is just causes wasted time (and research dollars)!


	-- Mike Linnig

(std-opinion-disclaimer: what's mine is mine, theirs is theirs, sometime
 the same, most times different)