Re: PGP v. 2.1 Released

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From: Arthur Rubin
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:20

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In <1992Dec18.215750.1696@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:

>Tim Moore makes the interesting point that PGP 2.x contains RSADSI code
>for the MD5 algorithm. He goes on to say it's licensed to all.

>Aha! The smoking gun?

Finally a point we can agree on (in part).  The question becomes whether
RSA gave an unrestricted license on the code.  I don't have a copy of THAT
license agreement, so I can't say.

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