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- From: Warren@switchboard.UUCP (Robert Warren)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: My thoughts the PGP pillow fight...
- Message-ID: <725076232.AA00095@switchboard.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 01:58:41 GMT
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- I've been watching the bombs go back and forth on PGP vs. Patents and
- I would like to post my 0.002$ worth's. But first of all, let's have
- a small reality check and confirm that the US _doesn't_ include
- Canada - look at the map.
-
- Second of all, it seems to me like alot of people are confusing
- ethics and law. Ethics is the code by which you live. It isn't
- universal and will never be. There are no "ethics" about PGP, it's a
- personal decision, period. Then there's the dreaded law. It's basicly
- written by moron's who have no concept of what they are writhing
- anyways. Finally, there's justice - an eden where everything is set
- "right" for everyone. All three are distinct.
-
- Someone meantionned that PKP/RSA wouldn't sell license for PGP, even
- if no actual code, specs, help is given. It seems to me that they
- won't even allow for a one way street. More than that, they are
- pushing for everyone to switch to another standart. (Not a flame
- towards ripem)
-
- I'm really curious about their motives.
-
- Reply via News/Mail as you see fit.
-
- Regards,
- Robert Warren
-
- Regards,
- Robert Warren
-