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Article #2262Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality
From: Christopher Davis
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:59
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:59
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DS> == David Sternlight <strnlght@netcom.com> DS> Moreover, others have had over 15 years to try to overthrow [the RSA DS> patent] and have not succeeded. Since US patents, as I recall, expire in 17 years after the date of issue, without means of renewal, is this a sign that the patent status of RSA will soon become merely a historical curiosity? (I'm genuinely unfamiliar with the exact patent issues involved, particularly the dates...) -- Christopher K. Davis | ``Usenet seems to run much like the Kif (or, <ckd@eff.org> EFF #14 | for the TV generation, Klingon) high command. System Administrator, EFF | Whoever takes action and can be heard wins.'' +1 617 864 0665 [CKD1] | --Peter da Silva <peter@ferranti.com>
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security.pgp Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!cs.widener.edu!eff!ckd From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) Subject: Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality In-Reply-To: strnlght@netcom.com's message of Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:33:33 GMT Message-ID: <CKD.92Dec16145954@loiosh.eff.org> Sender: usenet@eff.org (NNTP News Poster) Nntp-Posting-Host: loiosh.eff.org Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central References: <hmiller.724397340@lucpul.it.luc.edu> <1992Dec15.110814.27222@netcom.com> <0#=rh9n@dixie.com> <1992Dec16.173333.12868@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:59:56 GMT Lines: 16