On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 07:05:02 AM Carl wrote: > On 12/26/18 12:00 AM, John Hasler wrote: > > rhkramer writes: > >> 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.) > > > > It was inspired by PGP and designed to be compatible. It could not have > > been based on PGP because the latter was not Open Source. There is no > > common code. > > OK, I literally own nitpicking.com and I wouldn't be making such > a big deal about the meaning of "based on." Just say "When I wrote 'based > on' I meant 'based on the same code base.'" and move on.
Thank you!
