On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, pclow wrote:
Mark O. Aldrich wrote:
You cannot commercialize PGP whether you pay Ascom-Tech any royalties or not. Phil Zimmermann grated an exclusive license to ViaCrypt, Inc. a number of years ago to be the sole commercial version of PGP. In the mean time, PGP Inc. was formed and has acquired ViaCrypt. Thus, PGP Inc. now holds the exclusive license on commercial PGP products.
Even the international version of PGP?
All versions of PGP are owned by PGP Inc. The international version is still their product, even if they give it away instead of commercially sell it. From what I understand, Ascom Tech requires a license fee if the product gets sold over in Europe, and I imagine the PGP Inc. will now have to pay up when they begin to shrink wrap the international version over there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |some people get by | Mark Aldrich | |with a little understanding | GRCI INFOSEC Engineering | |some people get by | maldrich@grci.com | |with a whole lot more | MAldrich@dockmaster.ncsc.mil| | -- Sisters of Mercy | | |_______________________________________________________________________| |The author is PGP Empowered. Public key at: finger maldrich@grci.com | | The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the author | | and my employer gets no credit for them whatsoever. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------