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In article <1992Dec23.034503.26991@watson.ibm.com>, uri@watson.ibm.com () writes:
- From article <1992Dec22.213613.1404@netcom.com>, by strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight):
- > Jim Bidzos has sent me a copy of the final RSAREF license. Here it is.
- 
- > 
- > 1.   LICENSE. RSA grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
- >      perpetual (subject to the conditions of section 8) license
- >      for the "RSAREF" program (the "Program") and its associated
- >      documentation, subject to all of the following terms and
- >      conditions:...........................................
- >      c.   to modify the Program in any manner for porting or
- >           performance improvement purposes (subject to Section 2)
- >           or to incorporate the  Program into other computer programs 
-             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- [Does this mean - PGP too? :-]
- >           for your own personal or internal use, provided that you 
- >           provide RSA with a copy  of any such modification or 
- >           Application Program by electronic mail, and grant RSA 
- >           a perpetual, royalty-free license to use and distribute 
- >           such modifications and Application Programs on the terms 
- >           set forth in this Agreement.

Probably not.

The thing I really wanted to point out is a cute little clause no one has
mentioned so far-- the clause starting with "provided that you..." Under
my (potentially naive) reading, this would lay claim to any program using
their software in any way as effectively *their property*. I.e., even if
they allowed for use of their "patented invention" in PGP, they would then
lay claim to PGP as belonging to them.

Not so hot, in my mind.

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