On 12/26/18 12:00 AM, John Hasler wrote:
rhkramer writes:Well, it could have been "based" (or inspired, or similar) based on PGP even if it was newly written code. (And my guess / recollection from that time is that it was so "based" / inspired / whatever -- very similar functionality.)It was inspired by PGP and designed to be compatible. It could not have been based on PGP because the latter was not Open Source. There is no common code.
OK, I literally own nitpicking.com and I wouldn't be making such a big deal about the meaning of "based on." Just say "When I wrote 'based on' I meant 'based on the same code base.'" and move on. -- Carl Fink carl@finknetwork.com