RSA, PGP IN LEGAL FLAP OVER ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY

Mon May 12 16:50:16 PDT 1997

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In <01BC5ED2.4E86C710 at marmoset.loc201.tandem.com>, on 05/12/97 at 12:45 PM,
   Chris DiBona <dibona at acm.org> said:

>I think that RSA should also realize that without PGP, their market would
>be much smaller, I think every time RSA licenses thier (now renewed)
>patents, they should think of Phil. I don't mean to saint the guy here or
>anything, but they owe him a debt that is difficult to quantify. By suing
>PGP they are basically saying , if I can extrapolate in a rather extreme
>manner, "privacy is okay, but only if we make money at it." 

I would extrapolate a little different:

"thanks Phil for putting us on the map, now bend over and grab your ankles"

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