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- Subject: Re: Legal Stuff!
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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:47:57 GMT
- References: <bontchev.724943800@fbihh> <1992Dec21.203115.12176@netcom.com> <a_rubin.724977120@dn66> <1992Dec22.092736.21737@netcom.com>
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- In <1992Dec22.092736.21737@netcom.com> tenney@netcom.com (Glenn S. Tenney) writes:
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- >Is it likely that either the Feds or RSA will come after
- >someone? I don't know, but the more people using PGP at
- >large US corporations or universities, the more likely
- >it is (in my guess) that RSA will choose one as an example.
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- If they go after someone big, they have more of a risk of losing
- everything. In the case of the Feds, the entire ITAR restrictions on
- software (as they apply to public domain software) are unlikely to survive
- a Constitutional test. In the case of PKP, they could lose the patent if
- they go after someone with enough money to defend the case.
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