1994-04-27 - Re: Schneier’s source code

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@snark.imsi.com>
To: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
Message Hash: 70d1eaef90c71dec5245ec8235241e2a5e492f4ca6ba09ef8c73f9af59eb3a0e
Message ID: <9404271128.AA09334@snark.imsi.com>
Reply To: <199404262320.QAA00764@servo.qualcomm.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-04-27 11:28:50 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 27 Apr 94 04:28:50 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@snark.imsi.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 94 04:28:50 PDT
To: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: Schneier's source code
In-Reply-To: <199404262320.QAA00764@servo.qualcomm.com>
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Phil Karn says:
> Oh come on, all this talk about OCR makes it sound like nobody would ever
> be willing to just type in the code by hand. It only need be done once,
> and the task could easily be divided up for a group. The listings for any
> particular cipher just aren't that long.

Furthermore, assuming your request to export Bruce's floppy is
accepted, this whole nonsense is over, and assuming its rejected, a
lawsuit can be started to assure that the nonsense will be over with.
I think it pays to spend more time hacking law and less hacking code
in this instance.

I must admit, however, that I may be the origin of some of this stuff.
I was talking about a year ago about printing the PGP sources in a
book in OCR B.

Perry

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• 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 04:39:09 PDT) - Schneier’s source code - rishab@dxm.ernet.in
  • 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 12:01:11 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
    • 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 13:06:44 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - michael shiplett <michael.shiplett@umich.edu>
      • 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 13:40:54 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - deeb@meceng.coe.neu.edu (Stephen Humble)
      • 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 15:31:53 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - “Mark W. Eichin” <eichin@paycheck.cygnus.com>
        • 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 16:21:19 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
          • 1994-04-27 (Wed, 27 Apr 94 04:28:50 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@snark.imsi.com>