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Originally Posted by HarryT
Same approach used for open source implementations of the OpenPGP cryptography standard. Cryptography and open source are certainly not mutually incompatible.
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But GnuPG doesn't claim to be "open source with some caveats" because the keys are secret.
They don't feel the need to mention the cryptographic signing keys. I don't know of any other organization that feels the need to make the caveat -- which was odd enough that it made one wonder whether it was
just the signing keys.
Also, you need to receive a license to use the code, so it cannot be said to be open-source at all.
It is proprietary, encumbered software with publicly available source code, which is very different. You can see it but you can't use it.
Not that I care (I don't want to use it
) but the use of weasel words is still humorous to me.