PGP
by Lee Gold, copyright 1995: may be copied for non-commercial purposes
to the tune of "Casey Jones".

Zimmermann's lawyer is Philip L. Dubois, 2305 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado; (303) 444-3885; dubois@csn.org.

Come, all you people, if you want to hear
The story of a software engineer.
Zimmermann is the fellow's name;
PGP is how he won his fame.
The government of the USA
Said encryption is a game you mustn't play.
Unless our agents can listen in, 
To keep out eavesdroppers is a sin. 

CHORUS:  PGP means that you can email money.
         PGP lets you keep a diary.
         PGP will protect your files from crackers.
         Pretty Good Privacy for you and me.

The NSA spokesman said, "You see,
You mustn't use strong cryptography.
If the government can't read your private mail, 
Then we'll warp the law to send you all away to jail. 
There's just one encryption scheme we'll let you use.
With a built-in wiretap so we can't lose.
We've got to see all that you write and read
That's part of our Big Brother National Creed."   CHORUS

Zimmermann worked hard on PGP.
It's stronger than the Clipper Chip, we all agree.
But the government said, "Zimmermann, you haven't won, 
'Cause PGP's so powerful it counts as guns. 
You can't ship armaments outside the States. 
We won't allow your code to emigrate.
You could post it on a US site, no aliens allowed;
Then we just might go and bust you -- anyhow."   CHORUS

Now the case has been sent to the Grand Jury file,
To see if Zimmermann should go on trial
For putting PGP on display  
So aliens might filch it from the USA.
Now Zimmermann has said that he needs some dough
If you want to help, here's the facts to know.
Send it to his lawyer, that's Philip Dubois,
And hope he shows that freedom's not against the law.

        That's Philip Dubois of Boulder, Colorado.
        Twenty-three-oh-five Broadway is his street.
        Phone three-oh-three four-four-four three-eight-eight-five.
        dubois@csn.org

     PGP means that you can email money.
     PGP lets you keep a diary.
     PGP will protect your files from crackers.
     Pretty Good Privacy for you and me.
     Pretty Good Privacy will keep us free.

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