1994-05-06 - Re: Putting new PGP on company machines.

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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
To: Andrew Purshottam <andy@autodesk.com>
Message Hash: e21d4c6f9949c4d638484ac0629ee4087e7679f9ced06d3994537a2dda4f74b0
Message ID: <9405062250.AA09569@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
Reply To: <199405062158.OAA29578@meefun.autodesk.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-05-06 22:50:43 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 6 May 94 15:50:43 PDT

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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 6 May 94 15:50:43 PDT
To: Andrew Purshottam <andy@autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: Putting new PGP on company machines.
In-Reply-To: <199405062158.OAA29578@meefun.autodesk.com>
Message-ID: <9405062250.AA09569@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
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> Has anyone asked the company shysters about the legal status of MIT-PGP?
> I'd really like to have and use pgp at work, but have hesitated about
> putting it our machines here, as we are so prim and proper (in public)
> about intellectual property.

Asked them what?  When PGP 2.5 is released (what you call MIT-PGP), it
*WILL* be legal in the US.  It will use RSAREF 2.0, so there will be
no question as to its legality in the US for non-commercial purposes.

-derek

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• 1994-05-06 (Fri, 6 May 94 15:18:14 PDT) - Putting new PGP on company machines. - Andrew Purshottam <andy@autodesk.com>
  • 1994-05-06 (Fri, 6 May 94 15:50:43 PDT) - Re: Putting new PGP on company machines. - Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
    • 1994-05-06 (Fri, 6 May 94 16:43:21 PDT) - Re: Putting new PGP on company machines. - Andrew Purshottam <andy@autodesk.com>
  • 1994-05-06 (Fri, 6 May 94 15:58:03 PDT) - Re: Putting new PGP on company machines. - paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)