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Article #2203Re: Legal Stuff!
From: Arthur Rubin
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:47
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:47
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In <1992Dec22.092736.21737@netcom.com> tenney@netcom.com (Glenn S. Tenney) writes: >Is it likely that either the Feds or RSA will come after >someone? I don't know, but the more people using PGP at >large US corporations or universities, the more likely >it is (in my guess) that RSA will choose one as an example. If they go after someone big, they have more of a risk of losing everything. In the case of the Feds, the entire ITAR restrictions on software (as they apply to public domain software) are unlikely to survive a Constitutional test. In the case of PKP, they could lose the patent if they go after someone with enough money to defend the case. -- Arthur L. Rubin: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (work) Beckman Instruments/Brea 216-5888@mcimail.com 70707.453@compuserve.com arthur@pnet01.cts.com (personal) My opinions are my own, and do not represent those of my employer. My interaction with our news system is unstable; please mail anything important.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!news.service.uci.edu!beckman.com!dn66!a_rubin Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Legal Stuff! Message-ID: <a_rubin.725046477@dn66> From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin) Date: 22 Dec 92 17:47:57 GMT References: <bontchev.724943800@fbihh> <1992Dec21.203115.12176@netcom.com> <a_rubin.724977120@dn66> <1992Dec22.092736.21737@netcom.com> Organization: Beckman Instruments, Inc. Nntp-Posting-Host: dn66.dse.beckman.com Lines: 19