Germany Frees Crypto

[Brian Randell]

Re the message from Thomas Roessler <roessler@guug.de>:

....
>The text is rather lengthy.  I'll try to give a translation of the
>actual framework ("Eckpunkte" in German).  I beg your pardon for the
>mistakes I'll undoubtedly make; I'm not a native English speaker.
....
>I hope this somewhat rough translation is precise enough for your
>purposes.

Excellent - many thanks.

I would like to think your translation was precise enough to prompt
comments to UKCRYPTO on the German Government's new policy from our DTI
colleagues.

Mind you, I can't recall any such comments regarding the earlier French
policy change! :-)

Cheers

Brian Randell


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