DTI to ban electronic export of crypto from the UK!

[Christopher Samuel]

In message <E0yrj2d-0002uv-00@heaton.cl.cam.ac.uk>, 
	Ross Anderson <Ross.Anderson@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:

> In a white paper at <http://www.dti.gov.uk/export.control/stratex/>,
> President Beckett proposes to extend the export control regime from
> physical goods to the `transfer of technology by intangible means'.

Um, but doesn't the existing Open General Export License (OGEL) from
the DTI for crypto goods (CDCPU) for use with digital computers mean
that the export of it is thereby effectively pre-approved ?

The OGEL itself can be found at:

	http://www.dti.gov.uk/export.control/pdfs/ogels/cdcpu.pdf

Chris
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