-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- tim werner <werner@mc.ab.com> writes:

Hi,

I was reading in some Where to Get PGP Web page that "PGP2.6.2 is legal to use in the U.S. for non-commercial purposes (i.e., you cannot sell it or the functionality it provides)". Can anyone on the list say whether this is true? That is, was the use of "i.e." correct, or should it have been "e.g."?

Or, to put it more succinctly, I was talking to one of the sys admins at A-B, and he said that we weren't allowed to use PGP to encrypt our mail, because Viacrypt owned the commercial rights. But, according to the bit I quoted, it would only be a violation if A-B tried to put PGP into one of their products.

Has anyone heard a (hopefully legal, but I'll listen to anyone's opinion) answer to this?

As I recall, the following is a correct scenario: a customer can use PGP to send credit card numbers to a vendor he's making a personal purchase from, but the vendor must use Viacrypt. If the customer is buying something to use for business, BOTH must use Viacrypt. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: http://norden1.com/~jim/sylvania.html iQCVAwUBMAr+Ut74r4kaz3mVAQFMqwP8CgTKl3QetW+vn/A4TqJE2BrTEstM8fuw 2ZrmDZjHbZwISPtgbtwesup+wqknc9ECQwNKoyqbg5vYtK6Zd2tLVrD9gs7suA2F BEJeBNNMoGDPBh6Ep4alwtK6JpSt+e+AMTimRQCml+sf/md0GM6UovR1ZufQBTog +jLDu9KNRSg= =MCgA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- WebCasters(tm) James C. Grubs jgrubs@voxbox.norden1.com 6817 Maplewood Avenue Tel.: 419-882-2697 Sylvania, Oh 43560 Fax: 419-885-2814 Internet consulting, HTML programing, Information brokering