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Re: PGP use Ethical and Legal Questions

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From: Vesselin Bontchev
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:18
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strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:

> By the way, has no one noticed that in the license RSA agrees to
> defend any licensee against any lawsuits for patent violation
> (for use of unmodified RSAREF) without limit. That, and much else
> in the license agreement, seems to me to put paid to the various
> nasty inferences made by some (I'm speaking generally, not
> particularly about Miller) here about RSA's motives, particularly
> since the license is free.

How generous from their part, isn't it? Now, who the hell could be
those bad guys who will be going to sue you for usage of RSAREF?...

> I understand from Jim Bidzos that they're going to go even further.
> As soon as they get their administrative act together, those who
> request RSAREF directly from RSA (U.S. and Canadians only, I suppose)
> will also get anything that uses RSAREF as well, such as RIPEM and
> other goodies.

Big deal, indeed. Especially having in mind that anybody in the USA
can easily get RIPEM - and RSAREF comes with it anyway...

Regards,
Vesselin
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Vesselin Vladimirov Bontchev          Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
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Subject: Re: PGP use Ethical and Legal Questions
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