FWD: Publisher wimps out (PGP pulled from Ziffnet)

[anonymous]

>
>Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 17:47:09 -0600 (UTC -06:00)
>From: "Frank A. Kaul".<FKAUL at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
>Subject: PGP pulled from Ziffnet
>To: libernet at Dartmouth.EDU
>
>A couple of weeks ago I downloaded PGP from Ziffnet due to the 
>justice department crackdown.  I visited their software libraries
>today and was greeted with the following notice!
>
>>
>> Pretty Good Privacy (PGPRIV.ZIP) Removed
>>  ----------------------------------------
>>   We must extend our apologies to those of you who read the CompuServe
>>   Magazine article on Data Encryption and tried to find PGPRIV.ZIP here
>>   in our library.  Due to the controversial nature of Phil Zimmerman's
>>   Pretty Good Privacy program and the fact that several legal questions
>>   surrounding this program have remained unanswered, we have removed it
>>   from our library. We are investigating the legal issues concerning its
>>   distribution, and it will remain unavailable until further notice.
>>
>>   Again, we apologize for the inconvenience.
>>
>
>Talk about a chilling effect.
>
>Frank A. Kaul
>fkaul at oread.cc.ukans.edu