Post #2814556

2026-04-25 06:19 UTC

@petelawler@mastodon.social @hko@floss.social @hipsterelectron@circumstances.run You jest, but that is probably part of the reason for GnuPG's behaviour. Free Software isn't free 🤷

Replies (2)

@andrewg@mastodon.ie 2026-04-25 08:28

@aspensmonster@tenforward.social @petelawler@mastodon.social @hko@floss.social many of us suspect that the root of the problem is the age of gnupg’s codebase, which bakes in a lot of assumptions and premature optimisations, and which doesn’t have any unit tests or continuous integration. It’s a codebase that few outsiders understand and which few insiders are confident about making major changes to.

Open ##2814557
@petelawler@mastodon.social 2026-04-25 09:06

@aspensmonster@tenforward.social @hko@floss.social @hipsterelectron@circumstances.run a little off column a a little column b. Do you want to hear the story of that time me and me mates got sued by AOL Time Warner over our free software #YesWeStillHaveSomeMoneyLeftButItDestoryedThrProjectWaitHeyOneOfThoseGuysFromBackThenIsCallingMeWhuchIsWhyINeverGotToPressSend

Open ##2814560