[Noisebridge-discuss] deep crack announcement .. tax issue/

Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson mik at stanford.edu
Wed Oct 7 18:15:11 UTC 2009


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On Oct 7, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Michael Wright wrote:
> I'm a bit more worried about:
>
> US citizen use only.
>

Agreed.

To follow up, in more detail:
If I show up at Noisebridge (which, y'know, I have an occasional habit  
of doing) - do I become liable for the non-US citizen breach? Or does  
Noisebridge?

// Mikael - who doesn't want to have to answer questions about crypto  
cracking at the border when returning to the US...

> How much more than a "US Citizen use Only" placard would we need to
> do, and how does that fit with our ethos of open access?
>
> Is this unit considered "ITAR" "International Trade in Arms  
> Regulation"
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_Regulations
>
> If it's not ITAR then I'm all for it, even if we only power it up once
> a year.  If it is ITAR then I think we should let someone willing to
> have locked doors and logged access control have it.  Violating ITAR
> means heavy fines and possible jail.
>
> mike
>
> On Oct 7, 2009, at 7:47 AM, Martin Bogomolni wrote:
>
>>> Announce: Deep Crack offered to NB. Fastest (non-classified) 3DES
>>> cracker. Non repurposable. US citizen use only. Claimed value $250k.
>>> Takes a lot of power, six racks worth of stuff, needs a truck. (Talk
>>> to Jake)
>>
>> Does accepting such a high-value donation have any tax implications
>> for NB?
>>
>> -Martin
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Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson, Dr.rer.nat
Postdoctoral researcher
mik at math.stanford.edu






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