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- From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
- Subject: Re: PGP use Ethical and Legal Questions
- Message-ID: <bontchev.725149117@fbihh>
- Sender: news@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Mr. News)
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- Organization: Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 22:18:37 GMT
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- strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
-
- > By the way, has no one noticed that in the license RSA agrees to
- > defend any licensee against any lawsuits for patent violation
- > (for use of unmodified RSAREF) without limit. That, and much else
- > in the license agreement, seems to me to put paid to the various
- > nasty inferences made by some (I'm speaking generally, not
- > particularly about Miller) here about RSA's motives, particularly
- > since the license is free.
-
- How generous from their part, isn't it? Now, who the hell could be
- those bad guys who will be going to sue you for usage of RSAREF?...
-
- > I understand from Jim Bidzos that they're going to go even further.
- > As soon as they get their administrative act together, those who
- > request RSAREF directly from RSA (U.S. and Canadians only, I suppose)
- > will also get anything that uses RSAREF as well, such as RIPEM and
- > other goodies.
-
- Big deal, indeed. Especially having in mind that anybody in the USA
- can easily get RIPEM - and RSAREF comes with it anyway...
-
- Regards,
- Vesselin
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