IP: anyone for a launch :-)

[Dave Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

Seriously:


from an expert IPer


>I wouldn't be inclined to try it however; there must be some legal principle
>about "intent to evade the law" [OR: "intent to evade the intent of the
>law].


anyway the text is there and most likely there to protect NASA when they launch


Dave




from  --http://www.digicrime.com/itar.html


NEWS FLASH -- 
                  ITAR LOOPHOLE FOUND!


Our crack team of legal advisors has discovered a loophole in the ITAR
export restrictions on cryptographic devices from the US. Specifically, it
now appears that cryptographic software may be
flown across the Mexican border using model rockets without regard to ITAR
restrictions! 


Here's why. Section 120.17 of the ITAR reads as follows: 


     @ 120.17 -- Export.


     Export means: 


          (1) Sending or taking a defense article out of the United States
in any
          manner, except by mere travel outside of the United States by a person
          whose personal knowledge includes technical data; or 


     [...continuing later...] 


          (6) A launch vehicle or payload shall not, by reason of the
launching of such
          vehicle, be considered an export for purposes of this subchapter... 


That should make the Software Publisher's Association happy. Now if only the
US Postal Service could revive their missle mail
program again...