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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As some from outside of the US, I also remember you had to pinky promise you are in the US to download the good version of Mozilla.

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