Werner Koch wrote: >pgp5 can't be part of Debian because it is clearly non-free software.
That depends on your definition. But I guess it would be allowed to distribute it with a Linux distribution. From the LICENSE file from a pgp 5.0i source (I still have it, although I never succeeded in compiling it): PGP International Freeware, Version 5.0i (Executable Object Code Version) Copyright © 1990-1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. All Rights Reserved. For Non-Commercial Distribution and Use Only Terms and Conditions [...] b. Non-Commercial Distribution. You may make exact, unmodified copies of this Software Product and distribute such copies solely by electronic means (for example, posting on Internet sites for others to download), subject to the following (a) that such distribution is solely for non-commercial purposes (see above definition), (b) that the Software Product is distributed unmodified and in its entirety (with its complete user documentation, its readme files, its copyright, trademark, other intellectual property notices, including these terms and conditions, and all of its other components), and (c) that such distribution may occur anywhere in the world, except that Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. expressly forbids the export of this Software Product to any countries embargoed by the U.S. government (currently including, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria and Sudan) or to the United States to the extent the practice in the U.S. of any of the inventions covered by U.S. patent no. 4,405,829 (the "RSA" patent) would require payment to the patent rights holder. -- ir. J.C.A. Wevers // Physics and science fiction site: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/index.html PGP/GPG public keys at http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/pgpkeys.html _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
