[88030] in Cypherpunks
Re: PGP CAKware & IETF controlled Open-PGP standard
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Callas)
Fri Oct 10 18:23:15 1997
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 14:50:05 -0700
To: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Jon Callas <jon@pgp.com>
Cc: ietf-open-pgp@imc.org
In-Reply-To: <199710102108.WAA05223@server.test.net>
Reply-To: Jon Callas <jon@pgp.com>
I am adamantly opposed to any of PGP's business features being MUST
features of OpenPGP. If they were, then our freeware and personal privacy
products wouldn't be conforming applications, and we have *no* intention of
putting them in those products. Wouldn't that be an interesting situation?
I am strongly opposed the business features being SHOULD features. If I
were the only one arguing against them being SHOULD features, I'd make my
opposition clear and then shut up.
I am in favor of them being MAY features, along with a big section on
polite use.
Jon
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