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From: Terry Ritter
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 05:58
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 05:58
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In <25590.Jul2801.38.4492@virtualnews.nyu.edu> brnstnd@nyu.edu
(Dan Bernstein) writes:
>One of NIST's stated goals for the standard was freedom from royalties,
>for both government and industry. Obviously ``acceptance of RSA'' is out
If that is the case, then isn't it a shame that NIST does not own
the public key patents. They seem to be awfully free with rights
they do not own. There are at least two patent holders who claim
that DSS infringes their patents [1]. Anyone using DSS commercially
without licensing those patents is treading on thin ice.
Yes, NIST is said to have received a patent on DSS, but a new
patent is *not* a license to practice the invention. A new patent
is *not* a decision by the PTO that previous patents do not apply.
Depending upon the quality of the NIST claims, the new patent may
not even represent a bargaining position.
[1] Hellman, M. 1992. Response to NIST's Proposal. Communications
of the ACM. 35(7):47-49. (this is the current July issue)
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Terry Ritter ritter@cactus.org
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!milano!cactus.org!ritter From: ritter@cactus.org (Terry Ritter) Subject: Re: NIST stumbles on proposal for public-key encryption Message-ID: <1992Jul28.055837.10815@cactus.org> Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx References: <1992Jul27.130448.41907@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <25590.Jul2801.38.4492@virtualnews.nyu.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 05:58:37 GMT Lines: 28