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Re: Crippled Notes export encryption

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NODE 3e821d64Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
At 13:06 1/24/96, Andrew Loewenstern wrote:

>Why not just print out all of the source code to Navigator (crypto and all)
>in a nice OCR font?  Paper is exportable.  Then you would 'only' have to scan
>it back in and debug it.

That would be giving away the store to the competition.


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NODE ed5e77a2Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
Lucky Green writes:

: At 13:06 1/24/96, Andrew Loewenstern wrote:
: 
: >Why not just print out all of the source code to Navigator (crypto and all)
: >in a nice OCR font?  Paper is exportable.  Then you would 'only' have to sca
: n
: >it back in and debug it.
: 
: That would be giving away the store to the competition.

An there is no assurance that the paper on which the code is printed
would be exportable.  Remember the boyos decide each case on a case by
case basis.  All they would have to do is notify Netscape that it
would be a violation to export the paper without a license, and
Netscape would be forced to stop it.

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Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
Internet:  junger@pdj2-ra.f-remote.cwru.edu    junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu
NODE 1d951c63Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
> At 13:06 1/24/96, Andrew Loewenstern wrote:
> 
Lucky sez:

> >Why not just print out all of the source code to Navigator (crypto and

> That would be giving away the store to the competition.

Not to mention all those hidden easter eggs.

Err, I think the idea was to "sell" the OCR source to a foreign puppet
company which then pays any royalties it would be responsible for back to
the real McCoy.

Don

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