DTI White Paper on Export Control

[Paul Ashton]

david@swarb.demon.co.uk said:
> In message <nlhYJSAlXVo1EwbN@reporters.net>, T Bruce Tober
> >Showing what total incompetent, unknowledgable idiots they are. We all
> >know (and so do they) that pgp is the de facto standard around the
> >world.

> I wish it were. The problem is that PGP is licensed outside the US only
> for non-commercial use. It is not clear to me that th ecompany which
> owns it can or will license its use by commercial organisations outside
> the US. I would be very pleased to hear that they did provide such
> licences.

See http://www.pgpinternational.com/product/bus-sec.html for information
on buying PGP for commercial use outside the US.

Alternatively, you can (or could) buy IDEA licences direct from
the patent holder and use the freely available PGP sources. That
was our belief to be sufficient to legally use PGP in the UK.

Paul