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- From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
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- Subject: Re: PGP v. 2.1 Released
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.215750.1696@netcom.com>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 21:57:50 GMT
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- Tim Moore makes the interesting point that PGP 2.x contains RSADSI code
- for the MD5 algorithm. He goes on to say it's licensed to all.
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- Aha! The smoking gun?
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- RSA/PKP are not obligated to license to anyone, and may deny or even
- withdraw licenses for what they consider to be cause. If they were to
- take the position that PGP users are not entitled to a license then
- this would be "proof", if any further proof were needed, that PGP2.x
- contains illegal code. I believe that even outside the U.S. the use of
- someone else's code without permission is at least a copyright
- violation in most countries, including many from which PGP defenders
- are writing from.
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- David
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