Mark S. Miller wrote:
>
> At 07:17 AM 5/7/99 , Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> >
> >You may have heard this exciting news already, but i wanted to
> >make sure you got it!
> >
> >Daniel Bernstein won his case:
> >
> > http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,0-36217,00.html?st.ne.lh..ni
> >
> >It appears that the decision implies that source code ought to be
> >treated like free speech.
>
> The articles I've read so far aren't clear about how safe it is, even in the
> 9th circuit, to proceed to ignore the export regs, but the above article's
> quote from defence lawyer Cindy Cohn:
>
> "As a practical matter, the government is not enjoined from applying its
> regulations--except to Bernstein. But we're one step closer to doing away
> with the regulations,"
>
> suggest that perhaps we should wait for the Supreme Court. Or perhaps not??
> If it is safe for us, the articles agree it would only be safe in the 9th
> circuit, which does include California. (What about Arizona?) Is there any
> more info that could be gathered before making a decision?
Cindy Cohn has just said that you gotta wait :-)
Ah well!
Cheers,
Ben.
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