Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!uokmax!rob From: rob@uokmax.uucp (Bolo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Do I Want system 6.0.5? Message-ID: <1990Apr9.184249.18477@uokmax.uucp> Date: 9 Apr 90 18:42:49 GMT References: <2036@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <20200113@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Lines: 23 In article <20200113@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >/* Written 8:34 am Apr 6, 1990 by rob@uokmax.uucp */ > > This is the same as the "International Letter of Assurance" in the APDALog. > > It's preceded there by an explanation that the US Government requires this > > for any non-US resident. Since ftp access isn't restricted to machines in > > the US, they were probably forced to do it the way they did. > >The question still remains . . . Does this apply to US Citizens? Does it >apply (as one person already asked) to places like LLL (which I assume he >meant to be Lawrence Livermore Labs)? If this is the "International Letter of Assurance", and the wording appears to be identical, then it's not required for US residents. If a citizen were have stuff shipped to an address outside the US, it looks like it would be required. I guess this means it's OK to use your Mac for building A-bombs in the basement. >Erik A. Johnson, Graduate Student \ Internet: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu Robert -- Robert K. Shull rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu chinet!uokmax!rob