RE: RSA, PGP IN LEGAL FLAP OVER ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY
At 12:45 5/12/97 -0700, Chris DiBona wrote:
And keep in mind , I don't begrudge RSA thier right to make money off thier intellectual property,
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." Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com
On Tue, May 13, 1997 at 07:11:48PM -0800, Jim Bell wrote:
At 12:45 5/12/97 -0700, Chris DiBona wrote:
And keep in mind , I don't begrudge RSA thier right to make money off thier intellectual property,
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! -- Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited", kent@songbird.com the thief he kindly spoke... PGP fingerprint: B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44 61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55 http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html
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