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- From: uri@watson.ibm.com ()
- Subject: Re: RSAREF License
- Originator: uri@buoy.watson.ibm.com
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.034503.26991@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 03:45:03 GMT
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- From article <1992Dec22.213613.1404@netcom.com>, by strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight):
- > Jim Bidzos has sent me a copy of the final RSAREF license. Here it is.
-
- Thanks for posting it. [For it's obvious, that Mr. Bidzos isn't
- going to keep his word and e-mail a copy to *me*, as he said.]
-
- > RSA LABORATORIES
- > PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT
- > RSA LABORATORIES, A DIVISION OF RSA DATA SECURITY, INC. ("RSA")
- > GRANTS YOU A LICENSE AS FOLLOWS TO THE "RSAREF" PROGRAM:
- >
- > 1. LICENSE. RSA grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
- > perpetual (subject to the conditions of section 8) license
- > for the "RSAREF" program (the "Program") and its associated
- > documentation, subject to all of the following terms and
- > conditions:...........................................
- > c. to modify the Program in any manner for porting or
- > performance improvement purposes (subject to Section 2)
- > or to incorporate the Program into other computer programs
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- [Does this mean - PGP too? :-]
- > for your own personal or internal use, provided that you
- > provide RSA with a copy of any such modification or
- > Application Program by electronic mail, and grant RSA
- > a perpetual, royalty-free license to use and distribute
- > such modifications and Application Programs on the terms
- > set forth in this Agreement.
- > 2. LIMITATIONS ON LICENSE.
- > d. Prior permission from RSA is required for
- > any modifications that access the Program through ways
- > other than the published Program interface or for
- > modifications to the Program interface. RSA will grant
- > all reasonable requests for permission to make such
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > modifications.
-
- [I don't recall seeing this 2.d item in the September draft
- of this revised license. Why the need for it?]
-
- Could somebody please explain to me, how 1.c and 2.d fit together?
-
- Considering, that the "published" interface is as flexible as an
- old log, I'd like to hear what other people think about item 2.d.
- It somehow doesn't seem to me, that PKP is bending over it's back
- to help us to use RSA for noncommercial purposes... There isn't
- even a "published" interface to RSA algorithm per se!
-
- [I must add, that without item 2.d, this new license would look
- pretty good to me.]
-
- > 6. PATENT INFRINGEMENT OBLIGATION. Subject to the limitations set
- > forth below, RSA, at its own expense, shall: (i) defend, or at
- > its option settle, any claim, suit or proceeding against you on
- > the basis of infringement of any United States patent in the
- > field of cryptography by the unmodified Program;...........
-
- Just curious... Are there any other litigation companies, claiming
- ownership of RSA algorithm? (:-) Who is that bad guy PKP's going to
- defend me from? (:-)
-
- Thanks for the offer, nonetheless. (:-)
-
- <Disclaimer> My company doesn't agree with this.
- <Disclaimer> I don't agree with it either.
- <Disclaimer> I don't even have account on these posting machine(s).
- <Disclaimer> My name's not Uri.
- <Disclaimer> ...Do I exist?... [Well, I think - ... :-]
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