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Re: PGP 5.0 beta is out at PGP.com

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Sat May 17 22:25:35 1997

X-Real-To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970517113906.03d96c30@mail.teleport.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 18:13:33 -0800
To: Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>, cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>

At 10:39 AM -0800 5/17/97, Alan Olsen wrote:
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>
>The pgp 5.0 beta is out. It is for Win95/NT 4.0 only.  PGPKeys.exe pukes its
>guts out when run.  (At least on my machine.)
>
>It looks like they have hired a new graphics artist.  The splash page looks
>interesting.  Nice if the rest would run...

More than that, did they decide to release the source code?

Last I heard, the answer was "of course not!!!!"

Why it is important that source code be released is left as an exercise.

If it isn't released....


--Tim May

There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws.
Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!"
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