-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sat, 2 Sep 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
No, because one patent covers public key cryptography itself, and not a particular method.
Point of information--I'm not flaming you Perry, but Public Key Partners claims that their patent covers all forms of Public Key Crypto.
How is this at all different from what I just said?
It isn't. I just misread what you wrote. Mea culpa. Ben. ____ Ben Samman..............................................samman@cs.yale.edu I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.-- K. Gibran. SUPPORT THE PHIL ZIMMERMANN LEGAL DEFENSE FUND! For information Email: zldf@clark.net http://www.netresponse.com/zldf PGP encrypted mail welcomed--finger samman@cs.yale.edu for public key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Auto-signed with Bryce's Auto-PGP v1.0beta3 iQB1AwUBMEkLmL5ALmeTVXAJAQHotAL/bW9tN3Lf+9ATx8ks0s8kz8O3zTikverx y9bJfsQRaoDtJkNmeiFPBSCIl9q27OIdpN4tyExmFztJVgEdxRYcqZ19ZcXVDRpI B//GwQQ45JXl1ZKurT0cr2poIecCAFuE =/0J/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----