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Adam Back, at 23:31 -0500 on Wed, 2 Aug 2000, wrote:
> What about a GnuPG version which includes RSA and IDEA, by default so
> that once more all PGP users (2.x, 5.x, GnuPG) can all talk to each
> other.
There's more problems than just the algorithms when communicating with 2.x
Namely, PGP 2.x is not OpenPGP (RFC 2440) compatible. This is key. PGP
2.x should really die off; it uses 1) resticted algorithms 2) an obsoleted
RFC. PGP 5.x is borderline; it's best if 6.x is used.
There will be more OpenPGP implementations coming; trying to keep everyone
compatible with 2.x and 5.x is silly.
> Seems to me that the GPL ought to allow IDEA even though it is
> patented in the interests of usability; the IDEA patent holders do at
> least offer free non-commercial use.
The FSF intends that all users of its software can use it for any purpose,
even commercial purposes. Putting in IDEA would make it so that
commercial users could not use GnuPG.
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Frank Tobin http://www.uiuc.edu/~ftobin/
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