[Cryptography] Australia commits encryption suicide

[dj at deadhat.com]

> I see the rules do not apply to things in the "public domain" viz   "The
> DSGL contains a number of exemptions that can apply to technology that may
> otherwise be controlled. These include technology that is::
>
>    - 'in the public domain' - if the technology is already available to
> the
>    public, for example, in publications, product brochures and public
> blogs,
>    websites, podcasts or databases, then it is not controlled. This
> exemption
>    applies to all software and technology in the DSGL;"
>
>

The US rules are not much different. Which is why after discussions twixt
lawyers and the state department, I put a variety of pre-standardization
algorithms on my public web site. So I could then take proposals to adopt
those algorithms to standards meetings in China an return without being
slapped in irons for "exporting arms".