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Article #74646Re: Boycott MIT
From: Kee Hinckley
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 23:40
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 23:40
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In article <sean.668385314@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >The RSA patent prevents the the use of a simple mathematical >algorithm for the purposes of encryption. MIT licenses this patent to >RSA Data Securities, whose purpose is to make money off it. At $20,000 US for the license, plus 1% royalties. Pretty obscene. BTW, given that you can't use the stuff without a license, would GNU be interested in an implementation in any case? -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | info@alfalfa.com I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,b0a85d23901c1430 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-03-09 17:26:24 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Boycott MIT Message-ID: <1991Mar8.234001.13176@alphalpha.com> Date: 8 Mar 91 23:40:01 GMT References: <1991Feb25.043755.17220@algor2.algorists.com> <1991Feb27.231511.19935@digibd.com> <1991Mar5.230237.669@research.canon.oz.au> <sean.668385314@s.ms.uky.edu> Organization: asi Lines: 16