Re: Legal Stuff!

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From: Steven Bellovin
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:36

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In article <bontchev.725110231@fbihh>, bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev) writes:
> I somehow do not share the hope expressed here by some people that the
> new US administration will lift the restrictions on cryto software...

They might -- Gore is a fan of networking -- but they have other priorities.
If they do, it will take a few years, I'd guess.

> Besides, could somebody check whether PKP's patents are renewable? If
> they are, we might have to wait a long time... :-)

Patents aren't renewable.  The RSA patent, which is at issue here, expires
in 2000.

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From: smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Subject: Re: Legal Stuff!
Message-ID: <1992Dec23.133613.16830@ulysses.att.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:36:13 GMT
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