The software was classed as munitions and one needed an arms dealer's license to publish it, including online. The creator of PGP published the full source code as a book, as these are covered under first amendment rights.

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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep I remember the scary text the came with certain software threatening superjail if you sent the exe overseas

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