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From: Joe Buck
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 00:00

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osmanb@rpi.edu writes:
>Developing outside the USA is not the end-all solution of crypto.
>Most of the stronger algorithms have restrictive licensing within
>the US, so using code that was written elsewhere could be illegal
>HERE!

You're talking about patents.

Some of the critical public-key crypto patents expire this year (for
example the basic Diffie-Hellman patent that purports to cover all
public-key crypto).  This means that patent-free public-key crypto
will be possible by fall.  (See the FSF's software tasks list for a
mention of this).

Even in the presence of a patent, there are workarounds in many cases,
such as use of RSAREF, or US commercial users obtaining licenses for
the right to use the appropriate free (rather, free for everyone else)
software.
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From: jbuck@synopsys.com (Joe Buck)
Subject: Re: Free EDI
Date: 1997/02/24
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