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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 08:26:18 -0700 From: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
don't they have one year from the date of first publication to apply for a patent?
that's in the us. many countries do not recognize post-publication patents.
It seems that this could count as first publication
could someone who knows comment on what us patent law considers publication?
As I said before, the NSA has indicated similar plans if Clipper is ever reverse engineered.
if they did, would it be legal to use unlicensed free software for-educational- purposes-only implementations imported to the us from europe? randy -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAwUBLnhz081Uod4Abd1NAQHn8QQAimSPIcRBpFICYDskN1bpqsrlfoykVcTu lxLDwECfKy7/4Z2QWGjne5hrYMwCgcTdV6AjqCmTvV3h0nlEFXqx2Ky4HNWuV8i6 TogXGutjnJO+DAg62FkWkOnEsrq0tez2WOjsDneGjlGBTBwD1uFk29J5/TF092GZ 98Yc0ZDduVE= =ut2E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Random Factor <sq0nk@alt.anonymous.messages> to send me private mail, post an article pgp encoded for 0x006DDD4D to alt.anonymous.messages. my key is available from public servers.