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<4(_dot_)3(_dot_)2(_dot_)7(_dot_)0(_dot_)20000531172252(_dot_)00b8e8d0(_at_)mail(_dot_)bayarea(_dot_)net>,
on 05/31/00
at 06:24 PM, Dave Crocker <dcrocker(_at_)brandenburg(_dot_)com> said:
At 04:46 PM 5/31/00 -0700, Rodney Thayer wrote:
Being as no evil lawyers from NAI or elsewhere have swooped down on this
list or on the IETF I'd say it's safe for now.
At 03:05 PM 5/31/00 -0500, William H. Geiger III wrote:
Probably just standard boilerplate. They are just putting you on notice
that by publishing their source code they are not giving up any rights
that the may hold on the code.
You are both being far too optimistic. While it is possible that you are
correct, it is equally possible -- and many would say more likely --
that patents are, in fact, held or being prosecuted.
The IETF has had some patents emerge very late in the process, so the
concern is not academic.
Well Dave I know several of the people in the PGP group at NAI and I don't
think that they would allow something like this.
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