Can we use GNUPG with PGP for commercial use

[Joke de Buhr]

On Thursday 17 June 2010 18:21:32 Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> Hi Prakash--
> 
> On 06/17/2010 09:59 AM, Gorugantu, Prakash wrote:
> > Our project has a requirement where we need to pull a file using PGP
> > encryption/decryption from one of our clients ftp servers. Please let us
> > know if we can use GNUPG to encrypt/decrypt files with PGP.  We read
> > somewhere in your licensing agreement that GNUPG for PGP is only for
> > non-commercial use and we have to purchase it from PGP Corp. if we have
> > to use it.
> 
> GnuPG is a tool which provides an RFC 4880-compliant implementation of
> the OpenPGP standard.  It is free software (under the terms of the
> General Public License), and you can use it for whatever purposes you
> want.  It is interoperable with other OpenPGP implementations which
> comply with RFC 4880.
> 
> PGP is a proprietary tool sold by PGP Corp.  It also implements the
> OpenPGP standard, and should interoperate with GnuPG (and other OpenPGP
> implemetnations), as far as i understand it.  I do not know specifically
> what PGP Corp's licensing restrictions are for their PGP tool.  You
> should probably ask them directly; this list is a GnuPG discussion list,
> and has no affiliation with PGP Corp.
> 
> Hope this helps answer your question,
> 
> 	--dkg

Unlike PGP GnuPG is a non-commercial tool. There is no warranty. You can't sue 
anyone if GnuPG does not do what it's supposed to do.

If you need commercial support and liability stick to PGP and pay for it.


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