[89255] in Cypherpunks
PGPsdk is out, but not for free
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (phelix@vallnet.com)
Sun Nov 2 00:01:06 1997
From: phelix@vallnet.com
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1997 18:15:18 GMT
Reply-To: phelix@vallnet.com
First, PGPsdk has been released:
http://www.pgp.com/sdk/
The bad news: the licensing fees are so high that there will be no
freeware or shareware applications using it. Here's an example of the
licensing:
License Plan #1
Authentication, Encryption/Decryption,
PGP/MIME, Key Management: $25,000 advance on
royalties + 2% of product revenues (minimum $1 per client and $35 per
server)
Add Certificate Server Integration:
$5,000 advance on royalties
Support/Upgrades
(includes email support by a trained
developer support technician)
$1,500 per year + 15% of royalty payments
Oh well, back to hacking an interface to PGPtray.
-- Phelix
