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[Nicholas Bohm]

At 02:04 AM 8/11/1999, Peter Gutmann wrote:
>Ross Anderson <Ross.Anderson@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:
>
>>It would be even nicer if we could get a formal ruling on the universities' 
>>position, or indeed an Open General Export Licence.
>
>Aren't they already covered by the "public domain" (as defined by Wassenaar)
>exceptions in the GTN and GSN?

For published work, yes.  But not for the private international email
exchanges in the course of collaborative work preceding publication.

Nigel Hickson tells us the UK is pressing for an exception for telephone
calls, presumably having voice calls in mind.  This may not quite meet the
case, however, even if agreed.

Regards,

Nicholas Bohm

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