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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes:

>> Does a "smart-bomb" hitting the target constitute a
>> release of the application ? 
>
> 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

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)