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Article #2602Re: The PGP debate: Is it legal?
From: Stephen H. Kawamoto
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:39
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:39
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Phil K. mentioned in an aside:
PK> I've heard of at least one patent attorney who has been
PK> known to explain the difference between an "algorithm"
PK> (which is not patentable) and a "method" (which is) as
PK> follows:
PK>
PK> "There's a vital difference. 'Algorithm' begins with an 'A'
PK> while 'Method' begins with an 'M'."
Ah! Now, what's the patent attorney's explanation in Legalese?
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a7657 From: a7657@mindlink.bc.ca (Stephen H. Kawamoto) Subject: Re: The PGP debate: Is it legal? Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:39:38 GMT Message-ID: <19003@mindlink.bc.ca> Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet) Lines: 20