AES for GnuPG, on Mon Oct 2?

[Florian Weimer]

Dale Harris <rodmur at piratehaven.org> writes:

> Personally, I think we'd have to see what the NIST chooses.  If they pick
> something that is patented, then I would think that it would be prudent for
> GnuPG to ignore it, or have optional support.  However if it was something 
> that is open and freely available for use, then I'd think that GPG would 
> support it, as long as it was deemed secure, and free of any backdoors.

Please read:

http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/pre-round1/aes_9709.htm#sec2d

"[...] NIST has determined that potential users of the AES desire to
have the AES available worldwide on a royalty free basis."