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Re: Camellia for OpenPGP

2007-04-23 12:56:18

Simon Josefsson wrote:

So it appears that you don't need a license, somewhat like the situation
with IBM and DES.

I would think you still need to make sure it's
been properly documented with the IETF that there's a patent.
It sounds like that's not quite been done.  If people want to
push this (as informational...) then it should have it's act together.

There have been "submarine patent" issues in the past, especially
in the crypto area, so some people are sensitive about this.

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