At 19:47 5/13/97 -0700, Kent Crispin wrote:

On Tue, May 13, 1997 at 07:11:48PM -0800, Jim Bell wrote:

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However, I've been waiting many years for some patent-law-knowledgeable person to explain why mathematics, which was widely seen as being absolutely unpatentable prior to the invention of public-key cryptography, suddenly became patentable just in time for RSA, etc.

Until I hear such an explanation, I _DO_ begrudge RSA and others that "right."

Wow! I agree with you!

Sit down until the feeling goes away. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com