17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
The thing is, though, that PGP 2.5 *doesn't* infringe on the patent, because of the use of RSAREF. I think the broad silence from MIT and RSADSI on the subject of PGP 2.5 after the initial announcement means that this was a matter of debate and that there were some serious negotiations going on between the two. I hope this means that the 2.5/2.6 time-delayed incompatibility is a bone thrown to RSADSI to get them to support *some* version of PGP.. which means that everyone in the U.S. (except the government) will be happy afterwards. A comment I heard from someone close to the situation was that the 2.5->2.6 format changes will be *very* small, and will be publically documented in an "ITAR-proof" document. - Bill