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The main two issues are: | The main two issues are: | ||
Q: What is wrong with the license? | |||
A: Short answer, lots. With every major revision of the TrueCrypt license, it becomes less risky, but it is still non-free. We are hopeful that a discussion between TrueCrypt and the FSF will help resolve the remaining issues, but this has yet to occur. | |||
Q: Maybe a pointer to the discussion or a summary of the discussion is in order | |||
A: An older discussion is here: http://www.mail-archive.com/distributions@lists.freedesktop.org/msg00274.html | |||
Q: What alternatives could (easily) replace truecrypt? | |||
A: Sorry, this is not my area of expertise. | |||
Q: Would it be possible to spawn a new truecrypt and have a different license? | |||
A: No. | |||
Q: For instance could someone change it to being GPL-ed? | |||
A: Only the TrueCrypt copyright holders could choose to do that, and they have never done so (afaik). | |||
Q: Or is that one of the problems? | |||
A: Strictly speaking, it is not one of the problems. The fact that the license is non-free is the primary problem. | |||
Revision as of 14:16, 14 August 2009
Truecrypt license troubles
Currently I use truecrypt to encrypt private data. Reading the section on truecrypt spawns many questions. The main two issues are:
Q: What is wrong with the license? A: Short answer, lots. With every major revision of the TrueCrypt license, it becomes less risky, but it is still non-free. We are hopeful that a discussion between TrueCrypt and the FSF will help resolve the remaining issues, but this has yet to occur.
Q: Maybe a pointer to the discussion or a summary of the discussion is in order A: An older discussion is here: http://www.mail-archive.com/distributions@lists.freedesktop.org/msg00274.html
Q: What alternatives could (easily) replace truecrypt? A: Sorry, this is not my area of expertise.
Q: Would it be possible to spawn a new truecrypt and have a different license? A: No.
Q: For instance could someone change it to being GPL-ed? A: Only the TrueCrypt copyright holders could choose to do that, and they have never done so (afaik).
Q: Or is that one of the problems? A: Strictly speaking, it is not one of the problems. The fact that the license is non-free is the primary problem.