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- From: dagolden@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Alexandre Golden)
- Subject: Re: Making PGP legal?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan20.182545.23737@Princeton.EDU>
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- References: <1993Jan18.172342.7553@Princeton.EDU> <PCL.93Jan20102914@rhodium.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 18:25:45 GMT
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- In article <PCL.93Jan20102914@rhodium.ox.ac.uk> pcl@ox.ac.uk (Paul C Leyland) writes:
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- >
- >Another question: How feasible is it to re-write RIPEM, keeping the
- >front end (.... you get the idea).
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- It's not. Re-writing RIPEM to be compat with the rest of the world
- (i.e. PGP) can't be legally done for the same reason I can't legally
- run PGP.
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- >
- >Why on earth should most of the world have to fudge a perfectly ok
- >program just to avoid a few local North American difficulties?
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- Maybe because it's going to be easier to fudge a perfectly ok program than
- to solve a few local North American difficulties? Maybe out of altruism?
- To help the privacy of the global community? Because of the benefits of
- a worldwide standard?
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- >Add 8-) to taste.
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- Likewise, if it suits you.
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- >Paul
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- Dave
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- David A. Golden '95 (dagolden@phoenix.princeton.edu)
- Princeton University
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