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In <[email protected]>, on 11/02/97 
   at 04:24 AM, [email protected] (Anonymous) said:

>After seeing the intents of PGP Inc. with the
>release of their new PGP that breaks the old
>free versions, I have all but written them off 
>as anything but the Enemy, and am waiting for
>a public reply on the list by Tim May to make
>it official.

>But now what? Please someone answer my questions
>about PGP - it appears that the 5.x versions are not
>compatible with the 2.x versions which came previous.
>Is this so? Also, the direction they seem to be
>heading is in providing more and more non-free
>GAKked product. But aren't the 2.x and 5.x versions
>freeware? If so, can't others - a group of 
>individuals - take that source code and build off
>of that? Piss on these assholes and their licensing
>fees. It was inevitable, anyway. They are a 
>corporation after all, and the corporations are 
>not on "our" sides.

>I can see a scenario where government is impotent
>and destroyed within 10 years. What will remain
>and will be harder to eradicate are the corporations.
>I don't think we should rely on corporate software
>whenever possible, because it always comes with
>an ulterior motive. Is there an effort to maintain
>a version of PGP based on the free 2.x sources
>that is not affiliateed with the fuckwads at 
>PGP Inc.? If not, is it high time some of us 
>began such an effort?


<sigh> What a bunch of drivel. I give this post an 8th Grade rating.

>Date: Sun, 02 Nov 97 03:22:14 -0600

Does your mommy know you are up this late??

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