Secure Drive 1.0 is here!

INTRODUCING
                    
                    S E C U R E   D R I V E   1 . 0
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                             AVAILABLE NOW

Do you have confidential or sensitive information on your DOS/Windows
PC or laptop? Imagine what could happen if that data were to fall into
the wrong hands through theft or unauthorized access.

Protect your privacy with SecureDrive. SecureDrive allows you to create 
an encrypted hard drive partition and encrypted floppy disks. All of
your sensitive data is automatically encrypted with the state-of-the-art
IDEA cipher. You simply log in with your passphrase, and the program is
completely transparent to your applications.

The TSR uses only 2K RAM, and encrypts at the sector level. An intruder
gets nothing - not even your directory listing. You can decrypt your
disks at any time. The program automatically switches on and 
off as
you access encrypted and unencrypted floppies. Invalid passwords will
cause a Drive Not Ready error, locking out writes and protecting your
data from damage.

The program is Copylefted under the GNU General Public License, and source
code in C and assembly language is included. This program is free and
always will be. This program may be freely distributed within the U.S.
and Canada; do not export it.

Cypherpunks Write Code!

Thanks to everyone who helped me beta test this program.
Note: This version is compatible with the beta version.

To receive your copy: send e-mail to <mikeingle@delphi.com>
Specify uuencode or pgp ascii armor formats. I will make a list
and broadcast the code.

I wonder if you really can have a Copyleft and disallow the program source
to anybody outside the United States and Canada.  As you write the code is
under Copyleft, I hereby ask you for a copy of it.  FYI: I am situated in
the state of Sweden in Europe.  What is your reply to this?

On Mon, 22 Nov 1993, kpj@sics.se wrote:

> I wonder if you really can have a Copyleft and disallow the program source
> to anybody outside the United States and Canada.  As you write the code is
> under Copyleft, I hereby ask you for a copy of it.  FYI: I am situated in
> the state of Sweden in Europe.  What is your reply to this?

It isn't very smart asking him in a public forum, especially one that is 
pretty known to be monitored by at least some government agents. No 
matter what his opinion is, he's going to have to say "No." It is ILLEGAL 
for him to export it and you just basically stood up and yelled "Fire!" 
to every Fed on the list.

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|                 mimir@u.washington.edu    |      Just for yourself."       |
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| It isn't very smart asking him in a public forum, especially one that is 
| pretty known to be monitored by at least some government agents. No 
| matter what his opinion is, he's going to have to say "No." It is ILLEGAL 
| for him to export it and you just basically stood up and yelled "Fire!" 
| to every Fed on the list.

Naturally.  I expect him to refuse.  My whole question is whether it is
valid to use Copyleft on code which is not freely copyable over national
boundaries.

On Mon, 22 Nov 1993, kpj@sics.se wrote:

> | It isn't very smart asking him in a public forum, especially one that is 
> | pretty known to be monitored by at least some government agents. No 
> | matter what his opinion is, he's going to have to say "No." It is ILLEGAL 
> | for him to export it and you just basically stood up and yelled "Fire!" 
> | to every Fed on the list.
> 
> Naturally.  I expect him to refuse.  My whole question is whether it is
> valid to use Copyleft on code which is not freely copyable over national
> boundaries.

It is not his fault that he can't give it to you. He's made it freely 
available. If national boundaries interfere and paranoid US laws don't 
let him, I don't think you can blame HIM for that.

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| Al Billings aka Grendel Grettisson        | "You are, each one, a priest,  |
|                 mimir@u.washington.edu    |      Just for yourself."       |
| Sysop of The Sacred Grove (206)322-5450   |                                |
| Admin for Troth-L, The Asatru E-Mail List |             -Noble Drew Ali-   |
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| It is not his fault that he can't give it to you. He's made it freely 
| available. If national boundaries interfere and paranoid US laws don't 
| let him, I don't think you can blame HIM for that.

You are ``beating a dead horse''.
I never wrote it was, is, or will be his fault.
Nor did I blame him for anything.

Al Billings writes:
 > On Mon, 22 Nov 1993, kpj@sics.se wrote:
 > > Naturally.  I expect him to refuse.  My whole question is whether it is
 > > valid to use Copyleft on code which is not freely copyable over national
 > > boundaries.
 > 
 > It is not his fault that he can't give it to you. He's made it freely 
 > available. If national boundaries interfere and paranoid US laws don't 
 > let him, I don't think you can blame HIM for that.

IMHO, the relevant section of the GPL, version 2 -- assuming that this
is the version of the license Mike Ingle intends -- is as follows:

 >   7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
 > infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
 > conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
 > otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
 > excuse you from the conditions of this License.  If you cannot
 > distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this
 > License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you
 > may not distribute the Program at all.  For example, if a patent
 > license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by
 > all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then
 > the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to
 > refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.

The interpretation(s) are left to the cypherpunk esquires.

nathan