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After having gone thru a screaming match with John Gilmore and a few other
things, I think I can clarify things a little -

	1) Public domain software, subject to some exclusions, can be exported
	   anywhere without being subject to export licensing or 
	   restrictions (DOC regs that John Gilmore turned up).
	2) Copyright/patented/etc. software can exported, subject to some
	   exclusions, *most* places.  The places where you can't export
	   to are generally countries that don't recognize copyright.
	   Eg: Korea used to be in this category, and Brazil still is.
	   Some differentiations are made w.r.t. binary versus source etc.
	   In many cases it is possible to export to a country normally
	   restricted by filling out the appropriate license.  I was involved
	   with a UNIX export to Korea, and can attest to the amount of forms
	   that needed to be filled out - though they were mostly to do
	   with the hardware.
	3) Exclusions: throughout the US regulations there are a number of
	   notwithstanding clauses pointing at other legislation.  The one
	   John Gilmore missed (regarding a PD C implementation of DES) was
	   a "Munitions Export" reg.  You see, *all* encryption technology
	   is considered a "munition" and is covered under the appropriate
	   export restrictions.  There are three or four country "categories"
	   here, where the most restrictive is places like Albania, USSR etc.
	   Next is places like China and Yugoslavia, and finally Canada and
	   Britain in the least restrictive category.  And, each type of
	   encryption mechanism is restricted in different ways.
	   For example, it is forbidden to export Enigma to Great Britain
	   (which is ridiculous, considering that it was Britain that broke
	   it during WWII).  If I understand correctly, DES "implementations"
	   (either in hardware or software) can only be exported to countries
	   in the same category as Canada, *MUST* be licensed per-customer, 
	   and *MUST* be used only for "banking" or "message authentication" 
	   purposes.

	   This is likely to be the reason why Kerberos is restricted.
	   Therefore, you should enquire with the US DOC for final 
	   clarification.

	   This may also be the case with certain Operating Systems (eg:
	   secure ones) and a few other things.

An ordinary CAD package shouldn't be covered under (3).

To a certain respect, the restrictions on hardware follow the same guidelines.

FYI: The US DOC lifted the ban on export of 8Mhz 286 CPU chips to the USSR 
last fall...
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