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Article #2154Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality
From: PAul STevens - MACC - 2-9618
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 12:49
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 12:49
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In article <1galtnINNhn5@transfer.stratus.com>, cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison) writes...
>I went to the horse's mouth and asked some folks at PKP & RSA to comment
>on PGP legality. Here's their reply. I have permission to post it.
>
>Being aware of the RSA patent makes infringement willful and
>deliberate. Under patent law, a patent holder is entitled to seek
>triple damages and legal fees from deliberate infringers. While the
Once again. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. Who is going to do
something? For the record I am going to publish a number I
want to keep secret. I am going to raise it to the power of
three modulo 91 which is the product of two primes. The
result is 34. My wife knows the factors of 91 and will be able
to decode this message. I believe that according to PKP I have
willfully infringed their patent. I await a letter from the
courts.
My point is that *someone* has to test this patent claim! How
can we force this to happen? If someone does get sued are we
all willing to contribute to the defense or are we all talk, too?
PAul
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security.pgp Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zazen!news From: stevens@vms.macc.wisc.edu (PAul STevens - MACC - 2-9618) Subject: Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality Message-ID: <1992Dec14.190615.13954@macc.wisc.edu> Sender: news@macc.wisc.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center Date: 14 DEC 92 12:49:57 Lines: 25