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1994-05-25 - Re: PGP 2.6 is dangerous in the long term ?

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From: nelson@crynwr (Russell Nelson)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-05-25 18:35:46 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 25 May 94 11:35:46 PDT

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From: nelson@crynwr (Russell Nelson)
Date: Wed, 25 May 94 11:35:46 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP 2.6 is dangerous in the long term ?
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   Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 07:38:05 -0700
   From: anonymous@extropia.wimsey.com

   Ezekial Palmer says:

   The GNU copyleft is supposed to disallow a lot of for-profit uses.

I think the word you're looking for is "proprietary".  I earn a living
from my commercial, for-profit, GPL'ed collection of packet drivers.
No reason why anyone can't do the same with PGP, absent stupid
software patents and stupid export restrictions.  There's a LOT of
room for adding value to PGP.

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