> On 10/11/2012 18:26 PM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > I sincerely apologize if my post is jumping the gun a bit, but aside > from reassurances in private press conferences, Silent Circle hasn't > made any statement that supports their releasing their code as open > source. In fact, they have been very ambiguous on this issue prior to > their alleged private statements yesterday and today.
Hmm. It says on the SC website that it will use "Open Source Peer-Reviewed Encryption," "Peer Reviewed Encryption and Hashing Algorithms," and also says "we believe in open source." Is that very ambiguous? > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:26:28 -0400 > From: na...@nadim.cc > To: liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu > Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle to publish source code? > > On 10/11/2012 5:51 PM, Ryan Gallagher wrote: > > To Nadim: I'm interested to know, did you contact anyone at SC before > > writing your blog post? Seems to me you arrived at your rather scathing > > conclusion largely on the basis of an assumption. A sort of shoot first, > > ask questions later approach. It actually says on the SC website that SC > > will use "Open Source Peer-Reviewed Encryption." It also says, > > unambiguously, "/We believe in open source/." > > It's almost impossible to develop the software Silent Circle is > attempting to develop without using at least one open source library - > this is in fact accentuated in my blog post. > I sincerely apologize if my post is jumping the gun a bit, but aside > from reassurances in private press conferences, Silent Circle hasn't > made any statement that supports their releasing their code as open > source. In fact, they have been very ambiguous on this issue prior to > their alleged private statements yesterday and today. > > I will update my blog post the moment they announce that Silent Circle > will be open source. I don't mean to "shoot first, ask questions later," > but rather highlight serious potential dangers. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> From: compa...@stanford.edu > >> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:48:03 -0700 > >> To: liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu > >> Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle to publish source code? > >> > >> We both received the same messages from Ryan Gallagher and Dan Gillmor: > >> > >> @rj_gallagher: @kaepora FYI I met with SC's CEO today for piece I'm > >> doing + he told me they'll be making everything open source. > >> > >> That's why I added the question mark, in case someone on the list knew > >> anymore (for example, when -- what date? -- do they plan to publish > >> the code). > >> > >> I've contacted @Silent_Circle via Twitter and invited them on to > >> Liberationtech. If anyone knows how to reach someone on the team > >> directly, please let me know. > >> > >> It'd be nice to send them a personal invitation, so we can talk to the > >> team directly rather than have a secondhand conversation. > >> > >> Best, > >> Yosem > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Nadim Kobeissi <na...@nadim.cc> wrote: > >> > It would have been much nicer to create this thread based on real source > >> > code, instead of a tweet based on word of mouth. We'll see. > >> > > >> > NK > >> > > >> > On 10/11/2012 3:27 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > >> >> Dan Gillmor @dangillmor: @kaepora Phil Zimmerman told me yesterday > >> >> that Silent Circle (contrary to what you say in your post) will > >> >> publish source code. > >> >> -- > >> >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > >> >> > >> > -- > >> > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > >> -- > >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
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