[Bug 315513] Re: package description is wrong

[Joshua Anderson]

** Changed in: gnupg2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to gnupg2 in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315513

Title:
  package description is wrong

Status in “gnupg2” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnupg2

  The package description contains the following sentence: "GnuPG does
  not use any patented algorithms so it cannot be compatible with PGP2
  because it uses IDEA (which is patented worldwide). "

  While it is true that GnuPG is not compatible to PGP2 because it does
  not use IDEA, it is not true that IDEA is (still) patented. The patent
  of IDEA was expired some time ago. I propose to remove the sentence at
  all because PGP2 has no relevance anymore. Also this is true for
  translations of the text.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg2/+bug/315513/+subscriptions