On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 04:58:23 PM Nicolas George wrote: > Gene Heskett (2018-12-25): > > As for gpg not being pgp, you are likely correct, but what was gpg based > > on originally if not pgp? > > Original code.
Well, it could have been "based" (or inspired, or similar) based on PGP even if it was newly written code. (And my guess / recollection from that time is that it was so "based" / inspired / whatever -- very similar functionality.)