Authorized cash?

[Jim McCoy]

[regarding Chaum's digital cash work and possibly using that for net.money]
> Chaum has a patent, I've heard, on the "blinding" that is an important
> part of at least the simpler cash proposals.  If he were willing to
> authorize a cypherpunks cash system it would remove one legal hurdle
> to its implementation.  Does anyone know whether he might be willing to
> do this?

Strangely enough, his secretary and I have been exchanging email trying to
arrange a time when he can catch me by phone for the past few days...

I will ask him :)

jim