Why does everyone seem to think "patented" is a
jurisdiction-independent state? People just say "patented" - and on
a fairly specifically cross-jurisdictional list! - as if it were
something that were the same everywhere.
Because no standards organization would build an Internet spec that
cannot be used worldwide.
Oh, nonsense. There were specs based on strong crypto back when strong
crypto was illegal in places as popular as France. (Still is illegal
in some places, I believe.)
And since the patent is most likely in the US, that would be a rather
significant jurisdiction to leave out in an anti-spam effort.
Perhaps to those in the US. As someone outside it, I'd much rather
effective measures usable by the free world not be held up by
US-specific idiocies. (Much as, I imagine, US residents felt about
strong crypto and France.)
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