<s>
Encryption	O
for	O
the	O
Masses	O
(	O
E4M	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
disk	O
encryption	O
software	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
and	O
Windows	O
9x	O
families	O
of	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
E4M	B-Application
is	O
discontinued	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
author	O
,	O
former	O
criminal	O
cartel	O
boss	O
Paul	O
Le	O
Roux	O
,	O
joined	O
Shaun	O
Hollingworth	O
(	O
the	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
Scramdisk	B-Application
)	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
commercial	O
encryption	O
product	O
DriveCrypt	O
for	O
the	O
security	O
company	O
SecurStar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popular	O
source-available	O
freeware	B-License
program	O
TrueCrypt	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
E4M	B-Application
's	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
TrueCrypt	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
different	O
container	O
format	O
than	O
E4M	B-Application
,	O
which	O
makes	O
it	O
impossible	O
to	O
use	O
one	O
of	O
these	O
programs	O
to	O
access	O
an	O
encrypted	O
volume	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
TrueCrypt	B-Application
version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
TrueCrypt	B-Application
Team	O
reported	O
receiving	O
emails	O
from	O
Wilfried	O
Hafner	O
,	O
manager	O
of	O
SecurStar	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
Paul	O
Le	O
Roux	O
had	O
stolen	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
E4M	B-Application
from	O
SecurStar	O
as	O
an	O
employee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
TrueCrypt	B-Application
Team	O
,	O
the	O
emails	O
stated	O
that	O
Le	O
Roux	O
illegally	O
distributed	O
E4M	B-Application
,	O
and	O
authored	O
an	O
illegal	O
license	O
permitting	O
anyone	O
to	O
base	O
derivative	O
work	O
on	O
E4M	B-Application
and	O
distribute	O
it	O
freely	O
,	O
which	O
Hafner	O
alleges	O
Le	O
Roux	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
right	O
to	O
do	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
E4M	B-Application
always	O
belonged	O
only	O
to	O
SecurStar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
distributing	O
TrueCrypt	B-Application
.	O
</s>
