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res@colnet.cmhnet.org (Rob Stampfli) writes:
>>As I remember, ITAR explicitly does not apply to technical data which has 
>>been published in publically available media (books, magazines, etc.).
>
>Two rather highly respected members of the net have made this claim, so
>let's for a moment presume it is true.  If a sympathetic congressman
>could be convinced to place the source code into the Congressional Record,
>would this not constitute publishing the work, and therefore divorce it
>from any ITAR jurisdiction?  Furthermore, I think the congressman would
>be immune from prosecution, by constitutional edict, if this indeed would
>ever become an issue.
>
>This would not, of course, in any sense address PKP's claim as a patent
>holder, but it might lessen the chance of government interdiction.
>
>Comments?

Why not just publish the source code in a magazine?
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