PGP 2.6 legal_kludge

nobody wrote:

Also, concerning the PGP 2.3a/2.6/2.6ui controversy, is the only "problem" with 2.6 the fact that after 9/1/94 it will start reporting an incompatible version number that will make its output unreadable by older versions? If so, and if source code is available, why couldn't the date checking routine be located in the source code and simply commented out, then the whole thing recompiled?

Because the license prohibits nuking the "legal_kludge". You wouldn't want to violate the MIT PGP 2.6 license, now would you. ;-) Rich