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Bernstein's Continued Progress in Crypto Suit

Posted by michael on from the fighting-the-Man dept.

corz writes "On October 18 Daniel J. Bernstein went back to court in his battle with the government over cryptography regulations. From his post to the export mailing list: 'Department of Justice attorney Tony Coppolino told the court that the government would not enforce the regulations against cryptographers working together at conferences. He also told the court that the government would treat "assembly language" as source code.' What does this mean for us? Wired News has more."

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  1. If I make a painting of source code.... by EnVisiCrypt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is it still source code?

    What if I have a program that takes "illegal" code and turns it into cubist art. Is it still source code?

    Now, if I have a program that does the opposite, and a cubist accidentally paints my program, does he go to jail?

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