17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
From: IN%"rsalz@osf.org" "Rich Salz" 26-JAN-1996 04:39:43.50
I believe that one minor reason is the PKP chokehold on public-key patents. It has slowed down adoption within the US, and the RSA licenses for example tend to get very "interesting" when it involves places where their patents don't hold.
Speaking of other countries' non-recognition of algorithms as patentable, are David Chaum's patents on digital cash enforceable outside of the US? Thanks, -Allen