1994-07-14 - Re: PGP bastardization (fwd)
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From: gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 4c079ca115b0cbe2fd5f82bbb36c9cf397333ca1f2ff6fa00f3c9533a5b651f0
Message ID: <199407140158.CAA19389@an-teallach.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-07-14 01:58:52 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 18:58:52 PDT
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From: gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 18:58:52 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP bastardization (fwd)
Message-ID: <199407140158.CAA19389@an-teallach.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
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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 (ha, there's an interesting irony about the
author of the world's leading piece of guerilla software...) and the
most he can do is apply peer pressure to get the guy to back down.
(Personally I'd never release anything under the GPL for precisely
that reason and others...)
G
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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>