17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Greg Broiles says, Ian Goldberg wrote:
According to http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/newfaq/q76.html, RSA is in the process of patent application for RC5. Does that mean it's illegal to write a keysearch program for the RC5 challenges (unless you use BSAFE or something like that)?
Patents only apply to commercial use. I don't think participating in the contest can be considered commerical use. Me, a lawyer? No way.