Mark Aldrich <maldrich@grctechs.va.grci.com> wrote: "In the US, ViaCrypt pays the royalties to Ascom for every copy of ViaCrypt PGP shipped. Users of ViaCrypt PGP have nothing to worry about. Personal users of MIT PGP in the US also have nothing to worry about because Ascom's published position deals with 'commercial use'. The only people who need to do anything are people overseas using PGP 2.6i or 2.6ui in their businesses. They need to license IDEA from Ascom." As another data point, I (sitting in Australia) attempted to buy a licence through the Web page and encrypted emailed credit card, and in return received a phone call from Zurich. I was informed that IDEA was not patented in Australia, and my attempt to pay was appreciated but declined. Europe generally has patent coverage I believe. Greg. Greg Rose INTERNET: greg_rose@sydney.sterling.com Sterling Software VOICE: +61-2-9975 4777 FAX: +61-2-9975 2921 28 Rodborough Rd. http://www.sydney.sterling.com:8080/~ggr/ French's Forest 35 0A 79 7D 5E 21 8D 47 E3 53 75 66 AC FB D9 45 NSW 2086 Australia. co-mod sci.crypt.research, USENIX Director.