Re: rpem: RSA patent questions

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From: Phil Howard KA9WGN
Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 00:07

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brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:

>Sorry, folks, but this line of argument doesn't show that software or
>algorithm patents are self-contradictory. Implementing a patented method
>is okay; it's *using* the method that infringes the patent.

But WHO is the infringer by *using* ???

If I implement a program using the method, publish it stating that it is
just an example as part of an explanation of how the patent really works,
then someone USES that implementation, then WHO has infringed?
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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt,gnu.misc.discuss,misc.legal
Subject: Re: rpem: RSA patent questions
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Date: 20 May 91 00:07:57 GMT
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