Re: GnuPG stands for ...?

[Lyno Sullivan]

At 09:23 AM 12/25/99 -0800, Fish Smith wrote:
>Okay, if PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy, does that
>mean GnuPG stands for GNU Pretty Good?  I don't know
>how this title conveys encryption...

My guess is that the full name is recursive AND a palindrome.  GnuPGPunG, folded back over itself (in the manner of a palindrome) becomed GnuPG.  It could stand for GNU Pretty Good Privacy UNder GNU or, perhaps, GNU Pretty Good Privacy Uses Namesake GNU.  That's my theory :-)


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