Re: [Crypto] Export is easier than you think

Edward S. Marshall (emarshal@common.net)
Sat, 19 Apr 1997 14:32:29 -0500 (CDT)

On 19 Apr 1997, Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> Andrew Lewycky <plewycky@oise.utoronto.ca> writes:
> > ITAR-controlled munitions can be exported from the US to Canada with
> > only a Shipper's Export Declaration. Once in Canada, the rules are much
> > less stringent.
> Irrelevant. It is illegal to export to Canada for the purpose of
> exporting to the rest of the world.

So what happens when I, as a Canadian citizen, download the kernel
sources from ftp.kernel.org, and upload them to ftp.cs.helsinki.fi? Am I
breaking the law? Are you breaking the law there by making it possible for
me to download it?

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