Not sure whether the US is a pleasantly inviting jurisdiction at the moment.
On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My question would be, what will actually happen to GnuPG if the EU's > > announced and threatened chat control really comes into effect? What > > impact will this have on encrypted emails? Will GnuPG still have a > > future, and if so, how? > > In the United States, source code is considered expressive speech and is > protected by our First Amendment and has been for almost thirty years. > > This means that in the absolute worst case scenario, US-based hackers > with long affiliations with GnuPG and who are trusted by the GnuPG > community would take the source code and keep moving forward with the > project, most likely with engineering guidance from the existing > European GnuPG hackers. > > There are several other countries that are well-situated to be a home > for GnuPG in a crisis. Breathe easy: GnuPG isn't going anywhere. > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users Marcio Barbado, Jr. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A MENSAGEM E SEUS POSSÍVEIS ANEXOS SÃO CONFIDENCIAIS "... Pratica crime de violação de telecomunicações quem, transgredindo lei ou regulamento, exiba autógrafo ou qualquer documento ou arquivo, divulgue ou comunique, informe ou capte, transmita a outrem ou utilize o conteúdo, resumo, significado, interpretação, indicação ou efeito de qualquer comunicação dirigida a terceiro..." – Art. 56 da Lei nº 4.117 de 27 de Agosto de 1962, aplicável aos crimes em telecomunicações, nos termos do Art. 215, I, da Lei 9.472 de 1997 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE This message including any attachments is confidential information of Marcio Barbado Junior. Disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited without permission of Marcio Barbado Junior. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender and then delete this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
