At 12:56 PM 7/5/96 -0400, Jim Ray wrote:
'Twas me, the guardian of the *original* definition of the fine old term "escrow" against the slick denizens of Newspeak. I have found this Libertarian convention to be a super-fun experience, and I will be demonstrating PGP, Private Idaho, and lots of other fun stuff on Saturday at 3PM. All are invited to attend.
Since no one has mentioned exactly what happened at the LP Convention, I will relate it from memory and JR can correct me. They were going to vote on adopting a platform plank that upheld the right of everybody to use any crypto they wanted and export it an everything and also opposing the proposal for a requirement that people use a key escrow system set up by the government. JR offered an amendment which changed the language to refer to "so-called Key Escrow (actually government access to keys GAK)" and he also explained that "escrow" is where you place something with a trusted third party and the government is neither trusted nor a third party. He mentioned cypherpunks live on CSPAN. Maybe when JR finished the Con he can post the original proposed language of the LPs plank and the final language as amended. DCF