DTI to ban electronic export of crypto from the UK!

Thu, 2 Jul 1998 17:29:56 +0100

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> 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

And states

"This OGEL is for use by anyone who wishes to export cryptographic systems for
 use with personal computers or laptop computers from the United Kingdom
 FOR THEIR OWN USE" (my emphasis)

So, it means that you can take a laptop abroad with a copy of PGP on it,
but you can't make that copy available to others.

Cheers,

Simon.