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- From: pmetzger@snark.shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger)
- Subject: Re: RIPEM vs. PGP
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.194417.9487@shearson.com>
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- References: <1992Dec16.115438@kuttner.sfc.sony.com> <842074929DN5.61R@tanda.isis.org> <1992Dec24.152727.11817@ulysses.att.com>
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 19:44:17 GMT
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- smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:
- >Well, it's 7 years till the RSA patent expires. As for IDEA -- it's
- >patented, too, which certainly restricts the use of PGP for commercial
- >purposes.
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- Actually, I believe the terms of the license aquired for PGP were such
- that so long as PGP itself was publically available that it could be
- used for any purpose. The restriction on IDEA is not on the uses of
- IDEA or what you are encrypting or for what purpose but on making
- money by selling a proprietary product based on it without giving them
- a cut.
-
- Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
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- Perry Metzger pmetzger@shearson.com
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- Laissez faire, laissez passer. Le monde va de lui meme.
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