Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 23:21:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Marilyn Rules Again Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970826231107.24115A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel ruled that the Clinton administration's new rules on licensing and exporting encryption products are also unconstitutional, because they violate free speech; also apparently because they set no timetables or standards for the government's licensing decision and don't provide for judicial review. This one was pretty narrow, though, and prohibits enforcement only against Daniel Bernstein. She refused to issue a nationwide injunction, according to the AP story. I like this ruling but doubt that it will hold up on appeal....is publishing source code really an exercise in free speech? Well, maybe it is. If enforcement is prohibited only against Bernstein, what happens to a release of FreeBSD that includes DES? Annelise
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