[LAD] [OT] Richard Stallman warns against ChromeOS

[Dan Kegel]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:42 PM, gene heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>> > Ralf I suspect, if he were to use pgp, would be like me, and only
>> > trust pgp-2.6.2a, the last one before they put Zimmerman in jail for
>> > a few years.
>>
>> PZ was never put in jail. He was investigated for illegal export of
>> 'munitions', but the US government dropped the case after some years
>> without any charges being filed.
>
> Fons, no dis-respect intended, but I was there, observing closely, sitting
> behind the keyboard of a full house supercharged amiga back in those years.
>
> He did do 2 or 3 years.

Are you sure you're not confusing PZ with RS?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Zimmermann
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_schwartz
http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/18827445/philip-zimmermann-privacy-activist.htm

>From a quick scan of the web, it seems PZ did do jail briefly, but it
was long before he wrote PGP.
- Dan