Now, if someone in Europe were to use PGP 2.6, what could RSADSI do about it? They could sue in civil court for damages. Which court? If in the USA, then their remedy is limited to what the USA civil court can order, and if the European user were to have no assets in the USA, that's pretty much the end of the remedy. If the court were in Europe, RSADSI would have to sue in a European court. Now _you_ guess what that costs. For an individual user, there's almost nothing to worry about. What if the European user obtains PGP 2.6 from a European site, then rips out
On Fri, 27 May 1994, Eric Hughes wrote: the RSAREF code, and makes it use Phil's original code from 2.3a, and then distributes this copy. Is there still a copyright violation on RSADSI? Is there one on MIT ? Dave