During the bombing raid on Wed, 2 May 2001 20:06:44 +0200, Alexander Skwar was
heard mumbling in fear:
> So sprach Vox am Tue, May 01, 2001 at 05:07:05PM -0500:
> > > > 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
>
> Yes, I think so too - but read the original sentence again: "PGP 2.x uses
> only IDEA and RSA". It's talking about PGP 2.x, not GnuPG
Yes, it's talking about PGP2.x...but the fact that GPG now uses RSA
means that it is no longer incompatible with PGP2.x, at least when using RSA :)
Vox
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