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>The C64 wasn't affected by the COCOM embargo, so 'export' was legal

Only after 1985 https://repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1... page 19 Relaxation of COCOM Controls:

"In December 1984 COCOM relaxed its controls on computer exports. 125 The Commerce Department issued new regulations on April 26, 1985,126 that reflected new COCOM policy. The regulations eliminated validated license requirements for certain low-level computers with processing data rates (PDRs) 127 of less than two Megabits per second and total internal storage of 1.1 Megabits or less 128 and related peripherals. Although exports of computers and related equipment generally require validated licenses, 129 personal computers such as Apple II, Commodore 64, and Radio Shack Model 100, which were no longer state-of-the-art, were excepted."