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From: palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu (David Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Fullwrite profesional
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Date: 1 May 88 06:34:43 GMT
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I saw Fullwrite Professional in a computer store today (Software Central
in Pasadena, a large window display and plenty of stock on hand.)

On the box it said something like "Not for export, for distribution in
the US and Canada only."

The only reason I can think of for this is if it uses technology on the
"not to be exported" list.  Does Fullwrite include a DES encryption
package?  If so, what do they do for the foreign versions?  I assume
that they hired a programmer from some enemy country, such as France,
to rewrite the DES portion of the software so that it can be shipped
from there without requiring every costumer to sign an export license,
but perhaps they just used some non-standard, non-restricted encryption
algorithm.


		David Palmer
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