Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-22 Thread Vlad "SATtva" Miller
I'd like to now publicly congratulate Werner, David and all other contributors and developers with the remarkable achievement GnuPG is! Kudos from me personally and from all "openPGP in Russia" community. For those interested I've published our Russian translation of Werner's "A Short History of t

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-21 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Mark H. Wood wrote: > If terrorists are using PGP it is probably because they haven't > thought about it very much. To agree with Mark and add a bit more detail-- The United States government has two major intelligence goals for people of such extreme interest as bin Laden. They're not picky abo

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-21 Thread Mark H. Wood
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 11:18:49AM -0600, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Graham wrote: > > we are faced with the use of these very strong encryption tools by > > those who would attack the very heart of our way of life. > > Prove it. > > You're as

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-21 Thread Hideki Saito
And...here it is! :-) http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA019487/shgnupg.html On Dec 21, 2007 4:23 AM, Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > May I translate this into Japanese? > > Sure, no problem. > > > Salam-Shalom, > >Werner > > -- >

RE: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-21 Thread Alan Olsen
ecember 21, 2007 4:28 AM To: Robert J. Hansen Cc: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Subject: Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I seem to recall PGP 2.3 was distributed under the GNU GPL, but I > believe that was the only version that had prop

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-21 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I knew you were referring to the World War Two era; I just thought it > was worth mentioning that many Germans lived in a surveillance society > until fairly recently. Alas soon again. The new surveillance laws are pretty close to what they di

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-21 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > May I translate this into Japanese? Sure, no problem. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Auschnahme regelt ein Bundeschgesetz. pgpj5hgzpczdk.pgp Description: PGP signature ___

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-21 Thread Werner Koch
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I seem to recall PGP 2.3 was distributed under the GNU GPL, but I > believe that was the only version that had proper license provenance. Right. However the documentation had a paragraph similiar to the one I quoted which contradicted the GPL.

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-20 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Werner Koch wrote: > Also often claimed to be Free Software, PGP has never fulfilled the > requirements for it: I seem to recall PGP 2.3 was distributed under the GNU GPL, but I believe that was the only version that had proper license provenance. 2.6.3i used MPILIB, which was GPLed; however, I d

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-20 Thread Hideki Saito
Hi Werner, May I translate this into Japanese? Cheers, -- Hideki Saito On Dec 20, 2007 1:55 AM, Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >A Short History of the GNU Privacy Guard > > > It's been a decade now that the very first

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-20 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Werner Koch wrote: > I meant 1933-1945. I knew you were referring to the World War Two era; I just thought it was worth mentioning that many Germans lived in a surveillance society until fairly recently. I certainly did not mean to imply the modern-day Germany had any part to play in the GDR's cr

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-20 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > 70 years? 1990 doesn't seem that long ago. I meant 1933-1945. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Auschnahme regelt ein Bundeschgesetz. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-20 Thread Robert J. Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Graham wrote: > we are faced with the use of these very strong encryption tools by > those who would attack the very heart of our way of life. Prove it. You're asserting "the right to privacy and the means to enforce that right are so dangerous to

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-20 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Werner Koch wrote: > Speaking of Germany, our home secretary is working on turning Germany > into a surveillance state despite the terrific experience we had 70 > years ago. 70 years? 1990 doesn't seem that long ago. For those who are not up on German history, prior to German reunification the G

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-20 Thread John W. Moore III
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Werner Koch wrote: > There is well known saying attributed to Phil Zimmermann: > > When encryption is outlawed, only outlaws have encryption. "Borrowed" no doubt from the U.S. National Rifle Association motto of the '60's: When Guns are Outlawe

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-20 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > of our very small community, we are faced with the use of these very > strong encryption tools by those who would attack the very heart of our > way of life. We need to take a step back and consider how GnuPG should > be used in the future. I

Re: [Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-20 Thread Graham
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:55:16 +0100 Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A Short History of the GNU Privacy Guard > > > It's been a decade now that the very first version of the GNU Privacy

[Announce] GnuPG's 10th birthday

2007-12-20 Thread Werner Koch
A Short History of the GNU Privacy Guard It's been a decade now that the very first version of the GNU Privacy Guard [0] has been released. This very first version was not yet known under the name of GnuPG but dubbed "g10" as