Re: openssl deperately needs some intro docs

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

kevin> I'm not an expert on international law, but I was under the
kevin> impression that technical assistance would fall under the same
kevin> category as source code and information related to it - not
kevin> export controlled.

It seems that in the US, a crucial factor is the form in which it is
exported.  Electronically seems to be a no-no, even for source code.
In paper form seems to be no problem.  The two cases that show this
are the following:

        The ongoing case of Dan J. Bernstein vs. the US DOC.
        See http://www.eff.org/bernstein/ and links thereunder.

        The way PGP Inc. exported PGP 5: in form of a book that got
        scanned in Norway and then errorchecked with help of line
        checksums (which was perfectly legal to export in electronic
        form :-)).

Documentation seems, from what I understand, to be at least a gray
area.  Documentation may contain example code, which would probably be
restricted the same way as plain source code is.  Again, it is
probably perfectly legal to export in paper form.

I'm using slightly vague terms because, as almost everyone else here,
I'm not a lawyer...  I just know what others have done after having
checked with lawyers.

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