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FWD: Publisher wimps out (PGP pulled from Ziffnet)
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>Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 17:47:09 -0600 (UTC -06:00)
>From: "Frank A. Kaul".<[email protected]>
>Subject: PGP pulled from Ziffnet
>To: [email protected]
>
>A couple of weeks ago I downloaded PGP from Ziffnet due to the
>justice department crackdown. I visited their software libraries
>today and was greeted with the following notice!
>
>>
>> Pretty Good Privacy (PGPRIV.ZIP) Removed
>> ----------------------------------------
>> We must extend our apologies to those of you who read the CompuServe
>> Magazine article on Data Encryption and tried to find PGPRIV.ZIP here
>> in our library. Due to the controversial nature of Phil Zimmerman's
>> Pretty Good Privacy program and the fact that several legal questions
>> surrounding this program have remained unanswered, we have removed it
>> from our library. We are investigating the legal issues concerning its
>> distribution, and it will remain unavailable until further notice.
>>
>> Again, we apologize for the inconvenience.
>>
>
>Talk about a chilling effect.
>
>Frank A. Kaul
>[email protected]