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Andrew Loewenstern writes:
Any ideas on how this will change the legal status of RSAREF and PGP?
Then Perry Metzger replied:
I'm much more interested in how this changes the legal status of the D-H derived encryption systems like ElGamal, and how it alters the patent status on the DSS, which is basically also derived from the same root.
What I'm waiting to see is who sues RSADSI for recovery of royalties paid to Cylink. Imagine how Apple, Lotus, and all of the other bigcorps using RSA must feel right about now: they licensed a patent from the wrong people, and it appears that RSADSI may have known that their rights had expired. What about Roger Schlafly's suit? Anything new on it? - -Paul - -- Paul Robichaux, KD4JZG | "Things are much simpler and less stressful perobich@ingr.com | when you don't look to the law to fix things." Not speaking for Intergraph | - Tim May (tcmay@got.net) on cypherpunks Be a cryptography user. Ask me how. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMGAajKfb4pLe9tolAQG8dwP+Mt8frNZVf87eQOlpIGZ0V7fJDD1CoLSg 6yt6inPeTcjUK52rYLV4ut2hm2q7yASsGi2PlXm+oXh9gi5rCjCNClR8ffRI/f3Z PklwDT+KYm9XB9pJfDPJXzVf9jevY7Ge+m4QBFWymXiQ3DLhsu+Mh8kijTO47uJ9 rZHjHPFjBEo= =UAqt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----