[ciphershed] Re: TrueCrypt Author Claims That Forking Is Impossible http://it.slashdot.org/story/14/06/19/145219/truecrypt-author-claims-that-forking-is-impossible
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- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:33:46 -0500
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:13:42 -0400
"Alain Forget" <aforget@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Short term goal is getting a rebranded version out. Then the issues fixed
> > that the Audit pointed out. Long term goal is replacing the code parts that
> > have license-issues and release it under a new license (gpl, mit, bsd -- not
> > sure yet).
>
> I agree with Niklas' plan. I think those are the most pressing things, since
> we could get legally blocked until that long-term plan is complete (which we
> all hope won't be too "long", but I suspect it will, since TrueCrypt is no
> simple beast). Only after those are done should we start considering which
> items on our wish list to implement/tackle.
>
> Alain
>
Why not just fork or ask to take over or see if the dev(s) of Scramdisk need
help?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sd4l/
http://sd4l.sourceforge.net/
If the Truecrypt owner(s)/dev(s) say it's going to make things a real PITA for
doing anything with Truecrypt, then see if the SD4L folk(s) are easier. Heck, it
works with Truecrypt volumes anyway.
JB
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