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by Lagged2Death 4403 days ago
It says derived programs shouldn't be called "TrueCrypt" and shouldn't be ascribed to the original publishers, which honestly seem like pretty mild requirements.

https://github.com/warewolf/truecrypt/blob/33c0b8457051796fa...

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So they are right off on the wrong foot, with that domain name.

I belive any TrueCrypt fork should require contributions to be dual licensed under TrueCrypt's original license and BSD. In time, the project can shed original files and re-implement them under BSD or any other GPL compatible license.

So far there isn't any derived code. The truecrypt.ch domain seems a reasonable place for people to regroup. If/when a new release comes out, the community can think about a new name and register a new domain.
The Truecrypt licenses also say that it cannot be sold, which makes it non-free and non open source. The OSI even said, "it is not at all appropriate for [TrueCrypt] to describe itself as 'open source.'"

http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/truecrypt-or...

The big issue was the clause that didn't protect those who forked from copyright infringement or being sued and the devs said that was intentional. Although, i doubt they'd really want to come out and make themselves public to pursue that.