Re: PGP v. 2.1 Released

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From: Arthur Rubin
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:01

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In <MOORE.92Dec18095153@defmacro.cs.utah.edu> moore@cs.utah.edu (Tim Moore) writes:

>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.)

That's what I was referring to.
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Subject: Re: PGP v. 2.1 Released
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