Gnus

Werner Koch wk@gnupg.org
Wed Sep 25 13:33:02 2002


On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:50:02 +0200, Florian Weimer said:

> My first attempt failed because the FSF was unwilling to deal with the
> issue.  We might have triggered some kind of internal response, but we
> haven't received *any* statement from the FSF USA after we had
> convinced RMS that there is indeed a legal difficulty.

Not only some kind of internal response but several personal meetings
between Eben Moglen (of the FSF) and European laywers of the
FSF-Europe.  I had the impression that we sent you the new FSFE legal
papers which do use an approach wich is sufficient for all parties.

> So IMHO, gpg.el is just not worth all the trouble, especially since
> most people who need it can grab it and install it (which is easy
> compared to all the fuss you have to go through to get a decent Gnus
> installation).

I see.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner