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...which is why you should be using VeraCrypt (https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/ https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/, the actively-developed fork of Truecrypt)
by striking 11y ago
...which is why you should be using VeraCrypt (https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/ https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/, the actively-developed fork of Truecrypt)
- skrowl 11y agoAgreed. The TrueCrypt anonymous authors themselves said to stop using it when they quit maintaining it.
- valarauca1 11y agoVeraCrypt is also vulnerable to this. Granted they've patched it, but they still share a very large code base.
- mtgx 11y agoI wonder, does VeraCrypt plan to eventually do a major LibreSSL-style clean-up of their codebase, after most people have "converted" to their tool?
- jordigh 11y agoHm, how did they fork and change the license? Or are they just hoping the TrueCrypt authors never attempt to enforce their license?
- striking 11y agoAccording to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VeraCrypt#License_and_source_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VeraCrypt#License_and_source_m...: They didn't. > VeraCrypt has been licensed under the Apache License 2.0 since 28 June 2015. > VeraCrypt inherited a substantial amount of code from its TrueCrypt predecessor and thus is also subject to the terms of version 3.0 of the "TrueCrypt License" which is unique to the TrueCrypt software.
- jordigh 11y agoOh, their CodePlex site makes it look like a license change with no mention of the original license, which they might be violating, as the original license had numerous problems: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-October/000276.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-Oct...
- imaginenore 11y agoIf TrueCrypt authors are anonymous, can they even claim that they own that codebase?
- kachnuv_ocasek 11y agoYes, definitely. Anonymity is like pseudonimity, you don't lose any rights only because you choose to put a different name on your work of art.
- jordigh 11y agoSure, Mark Twain was able to ascertain copyright.
- meddlepal 11y agoI don't think so without losing their anonymity. I'm kinda curious though? Any lawyers want to take a stab at answering?
- DannyBee 11y agoIAAL: In the US, Copyright can be registered under a pseudonym, and you do not have to give your real name, ever. On the forms they have, there is a space you can fill out for claimant name, and one for author name. There is also a pseudonym checkbox. They will happily let you register it only in the name of the pseudonym. See: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl101.pdf http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl101.pdf For more interesting fun, read the last sentence of that PDF, where it goes on to explain that you get different years of protection for distributing under a pseudonym vs if your identity is revealed.
- mapt 11y agoIn theory? Sure. In actual legal practice? Probably not if they want to retain anonymity.
- DannyBee 11y agoFalse. See below. Even if they wanted to enforce copyright, they can register as a pseudonym. They can also enforce in court under a pseudonym, as long as they can prove it's the same person with the registration. Which may be tricky.
- doubt_me 11y agowhy the heck is chrome telling me codeplex isn't a secure site