Re: Current status of RSA patent...
At 05:32 PM 6/20/96 -0400, Intense wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, jim bell wrote:
At 10:59 AM 6/20/96 -0400, Intense wrote:
does not matter - it will be renewed in the interest of the government The goverment want's there backdoor... would you expect less?
As far as I know, patents can't be "renewed." I've heard they can be "re-issued," amended, but to my knowledge that doesn't extend their term.
That is probably true... But, i am sure that goverment is going to want to keep there backdoors, they have showed no interest in it's citizens priviciy as of yet... and i doubt they have changed...
Yes, it's true. I happen to believe that the only purpose the government had in granting patents on public key and RSA is to help keep it from the public. They did a fair job, but the patents expire in 1-4 years and it'll be too late by then. Their attempts to foist the Clipper standard on us didn't work. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com
On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, jim bell wrote:
At 05:32 PM 6/20/96 -0400, Intense wrote:
Yes, it's true. I happen to believe that the only purpose the government had in granting patents on public key and RSA is to help keep it from the public. They did a fair job, but the patents expire in 1-4 years and it'll be too late by then. Their attempts to foist the Clipper standard on us didn't work.
Tho, I do belive, that the goverment wil never stop in it's quest to own its citizens. This is changing the subject to much so i wont write on it... :) anyway..; Matt * <exalt@miworld.net> *
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