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Re: Is SSL legal to import/use in Israel
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Jonathan Ben-Avraham wrote:
> Does anyone know whether it is legal to use/import SSL (40 bit export
> SSLeay version) in Israel or other countries? It seems that the apache
> server SSL patch is not legal to export from England (by their law) but
> there seems to be no restriction on the CERN patch that does the same
> thing for the CERN server. According to a rumor on USENET it is illegal
> to import SSL into France.
I am no no lawyer, but... Even if *exporting* this product out of its
origin country is unlawfull by the laws of that country, it DOES not say
its illeagel for you to use this product in Israel once *someone* has
imported it - Israel (Again, AFAIK) does not have any laws forbiding you
to use SSL.
It may be illeagel export this product from certain countries, but once
the product is imported you can use it here "safely" - you are not doing
anything agint the foriegn country laws - you did not export the product,
just use it, and you are not doing anything against Israeli laws.
I suggest, though you check this with a lawyer.
G.
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