Compatibility

[Mark H. Wood]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, L. Sassaman wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Frank Tobin wrote:
[snip]
> > RSA and IDEA are not supported by default in GnuPG because they are not
> > free algorithms.  These are SHOULD's in the OpenPGP specifiction.  RSA
> > will likely be supported when the patent runs out this fall.  IDEA's
> > patent does not run out for several years.
> 
> Not following SHOULDs, unless there is a very good reason, is bad.

Wishing not to go to jail for using patented algorithms without a license
is a very good reason, IMHO.

-- 
Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer   mwood@IUPUI.Edu
"Where's the kaboom?  There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!"
	 -- Marvin Martian, 01/01/2000 00:00:00