Earlier Politech message: "Bernstein can post source code, say Feds, from Reuters" http://www.politechbot.com/p-00950.html --- > PRESS RELEASE > > Contact: Daniel J. Bernstein, press-20021018at_private > > > GOVERNMENT BACKS AWAY FROM CRYPTO REGULATIONS > > San Francisco, 18 October 2002 - The government today told a federal > court that several portions of the current encryption regulations would > not be enforced. > > The regulations are being challenged by Daniel J. Bernstein, a professor > of mathematics, statistics, and computer science at the University of > Illinois at Chicago. Bernstein's lawsuit led to four court decisions > against the constitutionality of the government's previous regulations. > > To comply with the current regulations, cryptographers must send > encryption software to the National Security Agency before showing the > software to foreigners. They must also wait for government approval if > source code for the software is not publicly available. > > Department of Justice attorney Tony Coppolino told the court that the > government would not enforce the regulations against cryptographers > working together at conferences. He also told the court that the > government would treat ``assembly language'' as source code. > > Chief Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of the United States District Court for > the Northern District of California will take the next action in the > case. Observers expect Patel to rely on the government's promises and > dismiss Bernstein's case without deciding the constitutionality of the > current regulations. > > ``I'm trying to help protect the Internet against bad guys,'' Bernstein > said in a statement. ``I hope it's true that the government is going to > stop interfering in my work.'' > > -30- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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