[LINK] U.S. lets scientist post source code for encryption software on web site

[Tony Barry]

Source: Edupage, 25 February 2000

U.S. LETS SCIENTIST POST SOURCE CODE FOR ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE ON
WEB SITE
The U.S. government has notified computer scientist Daniel J.
Bernstein that he is free to publish the source code for his
encryption software online, following a lengthy legal battle that
began in 1993 when the State Department prohibited Bernstein from
posting the code because of encryption laws at the time.  An
appeals court ruling last May found that preventing Bernstein
from posting the code infringed on his First Amendment rights and
restricted scientific expression.  Although the government
requested a review of the appeals-court ruling, export laws on
encryption were significantly relaxed in January, and a
district-court judge, taking the new laws into consideration,
ruled that Bernstein should be permitted to post the code for his
Snuffle encryption software.  However, Bernstein's lawyer Cindy
Cohn says she and Bernstein might continue their case against the
government, since some aspects of the new rules, such as how they
apply to mirror sites, are still unclear.
(Wall Street Journal, 25 Feb 2000)

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