Re: Export regulations

William H. Geiger III (whgiii@invweb.net)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 08:05:50 -0500

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In <199807211945.PAA17150@camel8.mindspring.com>, on 07/21/98
   at 02:53 PM, Steve Salkin <salkin@mindspring.com> said:

Sorry I can't help you on the first two questions,

> And finally, they have a product which is close to completion.
> If they email it to me, I work on it, and email back my changes
> (either the modified code or just the alterations) does that
> count as exporting it? It's not as if they will send me a system
> with no crypto and I will add it all. I would just be fixing,
> extending, modifying, etc. Would export restrictions apply to
> source patch files?

Even if you did not modify a single bit of code and sent it back to them
you would be in violation of the ITAR/BXA regulations. You are prohibited
from the export of un-approved encryption code regardless of it's origin.

I would imagine this is, at least in part, why they want you to relocate
off-shore to do this work.

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