Re: Encryption export: source code is protected speech!

[Allan Carhart <carhart.allan@com>]

I'm pleased too, but I think it's a shame that two arguments are getting
mixed up. One is about the right to privacy, right to encrypt your data.

And the dother is about a programmer expressing himself through his code.
(1st amendment).

This reminds me of the medicinal-marijuana debate. Although I am in favor
of both medicinal marijana and leagalizing POT, those are two discinct
issues which shouldn't be confused. They are only remotely related.

--Allan

On Fri, 7 May 1999, Reza Naima wrote:

> :)
> 
> reza happy.
> 
> you really have to wonder about the logic of it all.  If we allow exporting encryption
> code, then no one can use it to hide secrets from the us govm't.  Uhh...