DTI to ban electronic export of crypto from the UK!

Andrew Meredith meredith at iee.org
Mon, 06 Jul 1998 13:49:53 +0100


Ulf M=F6ller wrote:
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> The word "technology" in the Wassenaar Arrangement does not refer to
> software.
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> "Technology" is defined as:
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[..]
> N.B. 1 'Technical data' may take forms such as blueprints, plans,
> diagrams, models, formulae, tables, engineering designs and
> specifications, manuals and=20



> instructions written or recorded on other media or devices such as
> disk, tape, read-only memories.

Surely that is a pretty neat description of a piece of software ??

Andy M