1994-05-16 - Re: PGP 2.5 Beta Release Over, PGP 2.6 to be released next week

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From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
To: “Jeffrey I. Schiller” <jis@mit.edu>
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Message ID: <Pine.3.87.9405161131.A2357-0100000@crl2.crl.com>
Reply To: <9405161804.AA08573@big-screw>
UTC Datetime: 1994-05-16 18:35:02 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 16 May 94 11:35:02 PDT

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From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 94 11:35:02 PDT
To: "Jeffrey I. Schiller" <jis@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: PGP 2.5 Beta Release Over, PGP 2.6 to be released next week
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Jeffrey Schiller and C'punks,

On Mon, 16 May 1994, Jeffrey I. Schiller wrote:

> . . .
> In order  to   fully protect  RSADSI's intellectual  property  rights in
> public-key technology, PGP 2.6 will be designed so  that the messages it
> creates after September 1,  1994 will be  unreadable by earlier versions
> of PGP that infringe patents licensed exclusively to Public Key Partners
> by MIT and Stanford University. PGP 2.6 will continue to be able to read
> messages generated by those earlier versions.
> . . .

Does this intentional non-interoperability include ViaCrypt PGP?


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