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- From: russotto@vnet.ibm.com (Matthew T. Russotto)
- Message-ID: <19921228.081052.339@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 11:04:12 EST
- Newsgroups: alt.security,sci.crypt,talk.politics.guns,talk.politics.misc,alt.security.pgp
- Subject: Re: PGP as a World Standard
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- In <1992Dec21.064820.25343@ulysses.att.com> Steven Bellovin writes:
- >
- >There's a fine line here, but basically, you're wrong. Patent law
- >bars the *making*, *selling*, or *use* of the protected invention.
- >Writing source code, as opposed to writing a book or paper that describes
- >RSA, would be considered an infringement. I know that that's a fine line.
- Fine line? That's a nonexistent line. All source code is is a
- description-- it doesn't DO anything. Its not a device. Now, if you
- compile the stuff, there might be some grounds, but how can the source
- itself infringe?
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- Of course, none of this will really be settled until someone makes a
- Federal case of it. Has PKP actually sued anyone, or is bullying and
- threats the whole of their style?
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