On 19 Jun 96 at 13:25, Paul S. Penrod wrote:

PGP 2.6.2i is not US codebase, and RSA is not patented outside the US according to Bruce Schneiner. Therefore, if a product was deployed into

Note that Bruce's expertise is in cryptography, not patent law.

the US using a non-US codebase, it is unclear to me what legal jurisdiction (if any) RSA may have in these circumstances.

It's a violation of RSA's patent wherever RSA is patented (in the US only, I believe). Doesn't matter who wrote the code, or where. Oh yeah: PGP 2.6ui or 2.6.3i is based on US versions. I believe they still use some of PRZ's code. And don't forget that IDEA is patented by Ascom Tech AG. Rob. --- No-frills sig. Befriend my mail filter by sending a message with the subject "send help" Key-ID: 5D3F2E99 1996/04/22 wlkngowl@unix.asb.com (root@magneto) AB1F4831 1993/05/10 Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com> Send a message with the subject "send pgp-key" for a copy of my key.