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Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 01:04:20 +0100 From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk> Subject: Re: propose: `cypherpunks license' (Re: Wanted: Twofish source code)
If your aim is to maximise crypto deployment, use BSD or some other relatively free distribution license other than GNU, so that we can more rapidly write and deploy crypto software to undermine the power of the state.
With the proviso that the original author looses all access to profits from that code, effectively doing the R&D for untold numbers of companies without compensation or even recognition (they can claim it's all theirs at that point because they don't have to release the source). ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------