Ubuntu Privacy Remix

Missing IDEA-Plugin in GnuPG

Bug #320883 reported by Uwe
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Ubuntu Privacy Remix
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Mark Preetorius

Bug Description

It seems, that in UPR 8.04.2 GnuPG is compiled without the IDEA-Plugin.

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Mark Preetorius (p-launchpad-privacy-cd-org) wrote :

Yes, we removed it because Werner Koch informed us, that distributing gnupg with built-in IDEA-Module violates the GPL.
If you use "extended Truecrypt-Volumes" you should easily be able to solve this by adding

load-extension /media/<your_extended_truecrypt_volume>/<path_to_the_idea_module>

to the gpg.conf inside the "extended Truecrypt Volume".

The best solution should be - if possible - not to use IDEA and tell your Buddies to do the same.

Changed in upr:
assignee: nobody → p-launchpad-privacy-cd-org
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
Mark Preetorius (p-launchpad-privacy-cd-org)
Changed in upr:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Terje Bråten (terjebr) wrote :

This bug should be opened again, because the IDEA patent expired in 2007.
So the IDEA-module does not any longer violate the GPL.

Changed in upr:
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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Andreas Heinlein (aheinlein) wrote :

According to Wikipedia, the patent expires on May the 16th, 2011 in Europe and sometime this year in the US. Where did you get this information from?

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Terje Bråten (terjebr) wrote :

Sorry, I just read it a few days ago at http://www.gnupg.org/why-not-idea.html that it expired in 2007.
But that page is now replaced by a redirection to http://www.gnupg.org/faq/why-not-idea.html where they have no reference to when the pantent expires any more. I guess it was wrong information then.

Mark Preetorius (p-launchpad-privacy-cd-org)
Changed in upr:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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Mike Mol (mikemol) wrote :

Please re-open; if the patent expired in 2010 in the US, and in 2011 in Europe, patent concerns should not be a blocker for building the IDEA module.

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