effects and incompatibilities between GPG1.0.6 and PGP CKT 06

[Werner Koch]

On 09 Jul 2001 00:17:46 +0200, Florian Weimer said:

> Ah, I see.  These versions have a questionable legal state.

To say it very mildly.

> It is, of course.  It's probably even a registered trademark in quite
> a few counries.

And the reason why GnuPG is not even called gpg.

> PGP 2.3a et al. were relased by 'Phil's Pretty Good Software'.

And it adheres to his interpretation of the GPL.  

> Mr. Zimmerman probably sold the trademark together with his other
> rights.

He did and I assume that he is now a bit sorry that NAI uses the
respected name PGP for a lot of other things which might not be
connceted to privacy at all.

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