The Position in Germany and Ireland on GAK

Pete Chown Pete.Chown at skygate.co.uk
Mon, 5 Jun 2000 14:35:57 +0100


Brian Gladman wrote:

> 3. The German government policy is one of encouraging the development and
> use of open source encryption products ...

They are not just encouraging the development of these products, they
are paying for it too.  A government that pays for development on the
GNU Privacy Guard obviously doesn't see unregulated crypto as a
threat.

-- 
Pete