Announced chat control by the EU

[Robert J. Hansen]

> My question would be, what will actually happen to GnuPG if the EU's 
> announced and threatened chat control really comes into effect? What 
> impact will this have on encrypted emails? Will GnuPG still have a 
> future, and if so, how?

In the United States, source code is considered expressive speech and is 
protected by our First Amendment and has been for almost thirty years.

This means that in the absolute worst case scenario, US-based hackers 
with long affiliations with GnuPG and who are trusted by the GnuPG 
community would take the source code and keep moving forward with the 
project, most likely with engineering guidance from the existing 
European GnuPG hackers.

There are several other countries that are well-situated to be a home 
for GnuPG in a crisis. Breathe easy: GnuPG isn't going anywhere.

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