During the bombing raid on Wed, 2 May 2001 00:47:14 +0200, Alexander Skwar was
heard mumbling in fear:

> So sprach Vincent Danen am Tue, May 01, 2001 at 11:45:01PM +0200:
>  > --=-=-=
>  > Name        : gnupg                        Relocations: (not relocateable)

>  > Because GnuPG does not use use any patented algorithm it cannot be
>  > compatible with PGP2 versions.  PGP 2.x uses only IDEA (which is
>  > patented worldwide) and RSA (which is patented in the United States
>  > until Sep 20, 2000).
>  
>  What about updating this?
>  
>  "...and RSA (which was patented in the United States until 2000-09-20)"
>  Alexander Skwar

        Doesn't gpg now include RSA since it's no longer patented? I seem to
remember it does 

        Vox

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