OT

Tue Apr 1 00:48:01 2003

My point has nothing to do with my personal opinion on the Iraq war or any
other war...I'm just trying to serve our clients without offending them.
As quoted from the gnupg.org website itself, " ``Free software'' does not
mean ``non-commercial''. A free program must be available for commercial
use, commercial development, and commercial distribution."   I'm not
disputing anyone's right to say what they want to say, but the point is,
GnuPG is being described as a commercial software,  it's purported as being
a "full replacement for PGP",  that is compared to PGP in many ways on this
site.  That being said, in my opinion claiming the  "hey this is free, it's
open source, we can say whatever we want" argument seems a bit
disingenuous.

                      Maxine Brandt                                                                                                    
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On Monday, March 31, 2003 12:27 PM BConley

 > In our eyes as well as theirs, GnuPG is verymuch a product, just as
 > PGP is a  product, and I find it distasteful atbest to direct
clients
 > of ours to gnupg.org to be confronted with an anti-war political
 > statement.  These clients are people, some of whom may have loved
 > ones involved in the conflict in Iraq, and becausewe referred them
to
 > the site, it is a direct reflection on us.
 >

If I had loved ones involved in this dirty mess I would be praying
that this war is stopped, not finding it distasteful that others feel
the same.

And a second point: "No War" - this one or any other - is not
a political statement; it's an ethical statement.

Peace

Maxine Brandt
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