Are RSA licenses fungible?

[Rick H. Wesson]

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> 
> JEK:
> Is this true even if the person is a registered buyer of 2.7?
> 
> Public availability of a program's source code is a powerful means to be
> sure that it is correct.  How can one gain such assurance for PGP 2.7?
> 
> How could confidence in the correctness of a secret program, even by its
> author, ever match that of a program open to public scrutiny by any
> interested person?
> 
> Uhlhorn:
> ViaCrypt has exactly the same position if a person were to
> make 2.6ui look like ViaCrypt PGP V2.7 regardless of whether or
> not they are a registered user of ViaCrypt PGP V2.7.  It is plain
> dishonest and illegal!
> 
> [End of Uhlhorn dialogue]
> 
> Granted, the issue here is different from yours, but it does give an
> idea of how ViaCrypt might react to an attempt to use their license to
> legitimize your use of another PGP.  Hope this helps.
> 
> 	John E. Kreznar		| Relations among people to be by
> 	jkreznar at ininx.com	| mutual consent, or not at all.
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why don't you just buy an RSA toolkit licence and patch it inro whatever
you want, just don't redestribute code... 

-Rick