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Re: Algorithm patents a US only problem?

1998-07-08 10:32:22
At 2:41 PM +0900 7/3/98, Hironobu Suzuki wrote:

Should we abandon RSA algo from OpenPGP for only 26 months, until
2000-Sep-19, patent exipre day of RSA in US???? I don't think so.

Putting on my chairman's hat (or ears -- if you recall):

This debate is really quite beside the point.  Not only does Hironobo make
a good point about the short-lived nature of the US patents, our original
aim for OpenPGP was do provide rigor to the existing practice of PGP.  PGP
includes RSA.  We can't leave it out.

best,

john noerenberg
jwn2(_at_)qualcomm(_dot_)com
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