Re: Boycott MIT

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From: Per Andersson
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1991 18:40

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In article <sean.668385314@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
>If MIT wanted to make a real contribution, they should disclaim the
>patent on RSA. X-windows was a great contribution. RSA could affect
>hundreds of times more people, and provide a simple worldwide *free*
>standard for secure communications.

Just some nitpicking..
I don't think any RSA encoding could be used for worldwide communication
anyway. Hell, even DES can't be exported withou individual licenses, so
RSA is probably a great no no.

Per
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