PGP Distribution Authorization Form for Canada

Click here to see the MIT PGP home page.

MIT distributes PGP only to US citizens located in the United States, or to Canadian citizens located in Canada. This page is for Canada.

Click here to see the page for the United States.

In order get the PGP 2.6.2 software itself, you need to first read the files rsalicen.txt and mitlicen.txt. The first of these contains the license agreement for the version of RSAREF that is used by PGP 2.6. The later file contains a license from MIT to you (if you choose to download PGP 2.6.2).

If you agree with the licenses, you should fill out the following form and submit it to the server, at which time you will be given the location of the PGP software and a list of packages to download.

This distribution of PGP 2.6.2 incorporates the RSAREF(tm) Cryptographic Toolkit under license from RSA Data Security, Inc. In accordance with the terms of that license, PGP 2.6.2 may be used for non-commercial purposes only.

PGP 2.6.2 and RSAREF may be subject to the export control laws of the United States of America as implemented by the United States Department of State Office of Defense Trade Controls.

According to US law, the terms under which MIT is distributing PGP require that the recipients be Canadian citizens, and that the software is being obtained for end-use in Canada by Canadian citzens, or for return to the United States.

Users who wish to obtain a copy of PGP 2.6.2 are required to answer the following questions:


Are you a Canadian citizen?

Are you obtaining PGP 2.6.2, or RSAREF to the extent incorporated therein, for end-use in Canada by Canadian citizens, or return to the United States?

Do you agree to the terms and conditions of the RSAREF license (in /pub/PGP/rsalicen.txt )?

Will you use PGP 2.6.2 solely for non-commercial purposes?

If you received a password via e-mail, enter it here.


Authors: warlord@mit.edu and jis@MIT.EDU

Last updated: $Date: Sat March 16 17:23:00 EDT 1996$ by jis@MIT.EDU