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Putting new PGP on company machines.

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NODE aaf13433Putting new PGP on company machines.
Has anyone asked the company shysters about the legal status of MIT-PGP?
I'd really like to have and use pgp at work, but have hesitated about
putting it our machines here, as we are so prim and proper (in public)
about intellectual property.

Andy
NODE e21d4c6fRe: Putting new PGP on company machines.
> Has anyone asked the company shysters about the legal status of MIT-PGP?
> I'd really like to have and use pgp at work, but have hesitated about
> putting it our machines here, as we are so prim and proper (in public)
> about intellectual property.

Asked them what?  When PGP 2.5 is released (what you call MIT-PGP), it
*WILL* be legal in the US.  It will use RSAREF 2.0, so there will be
no question as to its legality in the US for non-commercial purposes.

-derek
NODE 2f7e8c00Re: Putting new PGP on company machines.
For starters, does use by employees at work for routine email count
as "non-commercial"?
NODE 16b74353Re: Putting new PGP on company machines.
> 
> Has anyone asked the company shysters about the legal status of MIT-PGP?
> I'd really like to have and use pgp at work, but have hesitated about
> putting it our machines here, as we are so prim and proper (in public)
> about intellectual property.
>

Anonymous (nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu) asked a good question earlier -- one 
which I have not seen an answer. Personally, I'd like to know the
same thing, and that is, can someone shed some light on this rumored
version of PGP 2.5 (MIT-PGP?)?

- paul