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- From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
- Subject: Re: Legal Stuff!
- Message-ID: <bontchev.725206600@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: 24 Dec 92 14:16:40 GMT
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- strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
-
- > I see no reason a rewritten U.S. PGP would be denied approval to modify
- > RSAREF if they ask politely and with clean hands. I define clean
- > hands as asking in a non-inflammatory way that doesn't arouse bad
- > historical memories. For example, a request for a permission for
- > a program called something other than PGP, but which is PGP file
- > and protocol compatible, from someone other than Phil Zimmerman
- > would be clearly non-inflammatory. That's not to say they wouldn't
- > honor a request from Phil, but there are degrees of red flags
- > here.
-
- That's actually a good idea. Instead of discussing what RSA/PKP would
- or would not do, could somebody (you?) ask that whether they will
- allow the above? If somebody does it, could you please post the
- results here?
-
- > I am not interested in a discussion whose purpose is to make
- > RSA wrong. What I am interested in is seeing a version of PGP
- > in the U.S. that clearly doesn't violate either RSA's patents,
-
- That would probably be in th interest of all US citizens, so maybe
- some of them should really ask...
-
- Regards,
- Vesselin
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