[14078] in Cypherpunks
Re: compatibility with future PGP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Tue May 24 13:11:24 1994
To: Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 May 1994 12:55:36 EDT."
<199405241655.MAA05076@bwnmr5.bwh.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 13:06:22 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Adam Shostack says:
> You wrote:
> | Another thing a patched 2.3 release would have to do to be fully
> | indistinguishable is to generate new version numbers itself after the
> | given date.
>
> While I understand that people prefer the 2.3 code because of
> its availablility outside of the US, and speed advantages, I think
> that its important to remember PGP has not really caught on in the US
> because of questions about its legality. I'm trying to push for the
> widespread use of PGP 2.5 here at the Brigham & Women's hospital where
> I work. I can't push for version 2.3 for legal reasons.
People overseas want to be able to use this program, too. There are
250 million people in the U.S., which constitutes under 1/20th of the
Earth's population. Quit being provincial. This discussion is about
what the other 4.75 billion people have to do to interoperate with the
brain-damaged MIT stuff.
Perry
