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TrueCrypt Gets a New Life, New Name

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-hopefully-won't-disappear-into-the-void dept.

storagedude writes: Amid ongoing security concerns, the popular open source encryption program TrueCrypt may have found new life under a new name. Under the terms of the TrueCrypt license — which was a homemade open source license written by the authors themselves rather than a standard one — a forking of the code is allowed if references to TrueCrypt are removed from the code and the resulting application is not called TrueCrypt. Thus, CipherShed will be released under a standard open source license, with long-term ambitions to become a completely new product.

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  1. "CipherShed" by supertall · · Score: 5, Funny

    Suddenly I think of banjos.

    1. Re:"CipherShed" by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

      They're obviously using my HorribleNameGenerator library. I'm proud to have contributed to so many FOSS projects.

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    2. Re:"CipherShed" by Kjella · · Score: 5, Funny

      They're obviously using my HorribleNameGenerator library. I'm proud to have contributed to so many FOSS projects.

      Clearly you didn't use it for your own project, I suppose you had to write it first or it would have suggested HorribleUniqueNameGenerator. Because like the developers of the GNU Image Manipulator Program knows, a catchy acronym never hurt anyone.

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  2. Re:FOSS names by sexconker · · Score: 5, Funny

    The sillier the name the lower the chances someone will abuse that name for commercial reasons. Saves a lot of money on trademarks.

    I'm happy to announce my new FOSS project: CUNTT. It's a universal network tracing tool.
    It stands for "CUNTT isn't a Universal Network Tracing Tool".