Article View: sci.crypt
Article #2419Re: PGP v. 2.1 Released
From: Tim Moore
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 09:51
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 09:51
20 lines
1500 bytes
1500 bytes
In article <a_rubin.724526808@dn66> a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin) writes:
> 2) The legality of PGP is not being seriously debated. It's illegal.
[...]
It may have some code
"contaminated" with some RSA code, in violation of copyright and/or trade
secret.
I have never seen this claim before. Could you elaborate? PKP
alleges that Zimmerman may have stolen ideas from MailSafe because he
had a copy in 1986, but that is extremely debatable (and Zimmerman
denies it.)
pgp 2.x does contain RSADSI code for the MD5 digest algorithm. This
code is licensed to all under very generous terms (you have to mention
that your code contains RSADSI's code or is derived from it.)
--
Tim Moore moore@cs.utah.edu {bellcore,hplabs}!utah-cs!moore
"Wind in my hair - Shifting and drifting - Mechanical music - Adrenaline surge"
- Rush
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<MOORE.92Dec18095153@defmacro.cs.utah.edu>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!hellgate!mooreReferences:
<ByzCtE.8oy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1g7ubgINNfb7@transfer.stratus.com> <palmer.724096180@news.larc.nasa.gov> <19921214.055706.262@almaden.ibm.com> <1glvofINNc0o@roche.csl.sri.com> <a_rubin.724526808@dn66>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!hellgate!moore From: moore@cs.utah.edu (Tim Moore) Subject: Re: PGP v. 2.1 Released Message-ID: <MOORE.92Dec18095153@defmacro.cs.utah.edu> In-reply-to: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com's message of 16 Dec 92 17:26:48 GMT Organization: University of Utah CS Dept References: <ByzCtE.8oy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1g7ubgINNfb7@transfer.stratus.com> <palmer.724096180@news.larc.nasa.gov> <19921214.055706.262@almaden.ibm.com> <1glvofINNc0o@roche.csl.sri.com> <a_rubin.724526808@dn66> Date: 18 Dec 92 09:51:53 Lines: 20