grendel@netaxs.com:
Anyone know how GATT would affect this, if passed? ABC News ran a short blurb a few nights ago about how it contained intellectual property provisions, and that patents would be honored worldwide. (?) What effect would this have on the distribution of PGP, and other software that uses RSAREF?
GATT doesn't say that the world has to adopt US patent laws. It insists on the acceptance of certain categories of biotech and pharmaceutical patents, but not algorithms or software. Nor does registering a global patent become significantly easier - you still have to file (and pay for) patents in each country you want to 'work' it. Filing first in PCT (Patent Coorporation Treaty) signatories makes the process somewhat cheaper, that's all. So GATT is unlikely to affect RSA. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "In between the breaths is rishab@dxm.ernet.in the space where we live" rishab@arbornet.org - Lawrence Durrell Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA