Re: [pgp] Which to install
On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Bob Hilliard wrote:
: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
: > Bob Hilliard wrote:
: >
: > > As long as you are using it in the U.S., you should use pgp-us to
: > > comply with the law. Your citizenship and residency status are
: > > immaterial. (Of course, it is very unlikely that the cybercops will
: > > check your machine to see what is on the hard disk. :-) )
: >
: > <Off Topic>
: >
: > Does this also mean that I could use the 128-bit version of Netscape
: > Communicator?
: >
: > </Off Topic>
: >
: > I remember reading at MIT's PGP site (about a year back) that non US
: > citizens living the US could not download PGP from the US but could download
: > the same version from abroad and use it.
: >
: As I understand it, the law prohibits _exporting_ encryption.
: Some aspects of the encryption used by pgp are claimed to be covered
: by a U.S. patent, but the pgp-us version has a license permitting its
: use in the U.S. Of course, I'm not a lawyer, and may be all wet.
The license is for RSAREF, and can be used legally for non-commercial
purposes. You are supposed to purchase an RSA license for commercial
use.
RSAREF is one of the RSA implementations which can be used in the US.
pgp-i uses an implementation which violates the RSA copyright.
I are not a lawyer either :)
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