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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
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Subject: Re: West Berlin - Ronnie's or Mike's ?
Message-ID: <781@kontron.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-May-86 17:54:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 14 17:54:59 1986
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Organization: Kontron Electronics, Mt. View, CA
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> West Berlin: Our's or their's ?
>  
> On June 6th, 1985, TUB's ( Technische Universitaet ( West ) Berlin )
> Department of Applied Computer Science ordered the   ^^^^
> Berkeley 4.2 Software Distribution.
> 
> All the items needed for the purchase had been sent:
> - AT&T Unix/32V System V Software Agreement
> - a check for US $ 750.00
> - site info etc.
> 
> In December 1985 we received the following telex:
> > Your application for 4.2 bsd is now complete. However, we need to
> > inform you that because of recent new amendmendts to the u.s. export
> > administration act of 1979 our legal counsel of the university of
> > california will require an assurance from all bsd licensees
> > regarding re-export of our software. We hope to send you the
> > form for such an assurance soon, probably in the beginning of the new
> > year.
> >
> > Until then we will be unable to ship your distribution ....
> 
> Until now, we neither have received such a form, nor any other information
> on how to obtain the distribution.
> 
> Are there people on the net, who have similar expierences ?
> 
> How can we convince UCB, state (?) or federal (?) authorities
> that we are 'their' Berlin, and do not belong to the 'empire of evil'.
>                                    ^^^
> We'll soon get in real trouble with some research projects and courses
> that rely on the availability of the BSD sources.
> 
> Arnfried Ossen
> 

They know which Berlin you are in -- the problem is a bad habit of the
Soviets to purchase restricted items through dummy organizations in 
friendly countries.

Clayton E. Cramer