> On Thu, 26 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I have a product (GPL) which I can't export because it uses encryption
> > software, and I'm a US citizen, and I wrote it in the US.
>
> If you use a library (SSLeay) to perform all the dirty work of encription/
> decription and distribute your software in source form, not including
> the library itself. Is it still ilegal? If not I could provide you with
> a non-us site to store it, if you want.
>
> It's something I always asked myself, because software written using SSLeay
> and distributed without it does not contain any crypto code at all.
> Could some US citizen answer that to me?
Software developed within the U.S. or by a U.S. citizen that contains
either encryption code or hooks to an external program or library that
contains encryption code (whether or not the program or library is
shipped with the product) may not be provided to citizens of countries
other than the U.S. or Canada without a permit.
I am not a lawyer but this is my reading of the applicable laws.
Take it for what it is worth.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025 * (212) 854-1344
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