Dear Kipp, Please explain where this "freeware" IDEA code comes from. IDEA is a patented algorithm that cannot be used without a license. PGP comes with a license. I know of no other code in the US that has such a license. Tom
On Dec 13, 3:45pm, Tom Jones wrote:
Subject: IDEA freeware Dear Kipp,
Please explain where this "freeware" IDEA code comes from. IDEA is a patented algorithm that cannot be used without a license. PGP comes with a license. I know of no other code in the US that has such a license.
If you are using it for non-comercial use, it's free. Us commercial gooneys get stuck paying for everything :-| In any case, here is a useful link: http://www.openmarket.com/info/cryptography/applied_cryptography.html It lists all of the goodies available from bruce schneir's book. Note that most of the data comes from italy...including DES. ha! -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kipp E.B. Hickman Netscape Communications Corp. kipp@mcom.com http://www.mcom.com/people/kipp/index.html
"Kipp E.B. Hickman" <kipp@warp.mcom.com> writes: On Dec 13, 3:45pm, Tom Jones wrote:
Subject: IDEA freeware
Please explain where this "freeware" IDEA code comes from. IDEA is a patented algorithm that cannot be used without a license. PGP comes with a license. I know of no other code in the US that has such a license.
If you are using it for non-comercial use, it's free.
If you're using PGP for non-commercial use, IDEA is free because it's licensed for non-commercial PGP use. I'm pretty confident that you need to get a separate IDEA license with any new product you use it in, commercial or not. I have the e-mail contact address somewhere, and can post it if need be. Jim Gillogly Mersday, 23 Foreyule S.R. 1994, 20:14
On Dec 13, 12:14pm, Jim Gillogly wrote:
If you're using PGP for non-commercial use, IDEA is free because it's licensed for non-commercial PGP use. I'm pretty confident that you need to get a separate IDEA license with any new product you use it in, commercial or not.
I have the e-mail contact address somewhere, and can post it if need be.
I contacted Ascom-Tech regarding the purchase of a single-user personal licence to use IDEA. The provisions were fairly standard (ie. no guaantees of any kind), and the price was 90 sFr. Ian.
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