posted on Oct, 16 2003 @ 02:54 PM
Computer code is protected under the 1st admendment. That includes strong crypto. Read the link for more info:
www.interesting-people.org...
"This inconclusive ending of the Bernstein case is a consequence of the government's policy in cases where there are first amendment challenges to
restrictions on the publication of software to claim that they have no intention of enforcing the law as it is written and thus getting the cases
dismissed as moot."
and
"Although my case is now the leading case holding that publishing software is protected by the First Amendment, I do not believe that we would have
had our success without the efforts of Dan Bernstein and his lawyers from the Electronic Freedom Foundation."