diff --git a/Language-Conventions.md b/Language-Conventions.md index 16039ea..930ff63 100644 --- a/Language-Conventions.md +++ b/Language-Conventions.md @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ # English + +## Why OpenPGP not PGP? +OpenPGP is the open standard, PGP is a program developed by Phil Zimmermann. Wikipedia clearly differentiates between the program and the standard. + ## OpenPGP terminology * "keyserver" not "key server", [HKP Draft](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp-00) * "sign" texts and files, but "certify" keys, [RFC4880](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880)