New keyserver at keys.openpgp.org - what's your take?

[Stefan Claas]

Werner Koch via Gnupg-users wrote:

> That new thing now is the n-th repetition of the same game: Replacing
> PGP by a centralized approach, or well many centralized approaches, in
> an attempt to repeat the story of S/MIME.  PGP has its strengths in the
> idea of not having the one-and-only-distributor-of-all-keys and thus a
> SPoFailure/Denial/Surveillance.  If we want that it is easier to go with
> S/MIME.
> 
> An in-house keyserver is sometimes a good idea but a global validating
> keyserver is a failed idea.  Being under the AGPL may also be
> problematic because the code can't be used for in-house deployments and
> the AGPL often smells a little bit like a trigger for an Open Core
> business model.

I think it is a very good idea from Vincent and the Sequoia team to start
new things! The GnuPG and SKS ecosystem is not or was not capable to come
up with an adequate replacement for SKS.

Therefore kudos and big applause to Vincent and his team!

Regards
Stefan