1994-07-14 - Re: PGP bastardization (fwd)
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From: mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 138b06e97ccdaba0b63a9953337f1c778bde6b9ba539906bcc04a60967b86a28
Message ID: <199407140628.XAA02433@netcom11.netcom.com>
Reply To: <199407140158.CAA19389@an-teallach.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-07-14 06:36:24 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 23:36:24 PDT
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From: mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 23:36:24 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP bastardization (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <199407140158.CAA19389@an-teallach.com>
Message-ID: <199407140628.XAA02433@netcom11.netcom.com>
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Graham Toal writes:
> While I sympathise 100% with prz's annoyance at this hack, I should
> remind him that he *did* put pgp out under the GPL and anyone is free
> to modify it in any way they chose as long as they too release it
> under the GPL.
> He has no legal comeback
I'm not so sure. The code was released under the GPL. The names PGP,
Pretty Good Privacy, and Phil's Pretty Good Software were not.
People can make anything they want out of the code, as long as they
also release it under the GPL and call it something else.
Doesn't seem like a major artistic limitation.
--
Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $
mpd@netcom.com $ via Finger. $
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- 1994-07-14 (Wed, 13 Jul 94 18:58:52 PDT) - Re: PGP bastardization (fwd) - gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
- 1994-07-14 (Wed, 13 Jul 94 20:01:06 PDT) - Re: PGP bastardization (fwd) - nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
- 1994-07-14 (Wed, 13 Jul 94 23:36:24 PDT) - Re: PGP bastardization (fwd) - mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
- 1994-07-14 (Thu, 14 Jul 94 10:35:02 PDT) - Re: PGP bastardization (fwd) - Rick Busdiecker <rfb@lehman.com>