RC4
Jon Lasser
jlasser at rwd.goucher.edu
Wed Jul 26 13:12:51 PDT 1995
On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Russell Ross wrote:
> I wasn't aware that you could copyright an algorithm. Patent, yes, but not
> copyright. Intellectual property meens secret, right? Aren't there any
> precendence cases involving propriety schemes that are reverse engineered?
> I know there have been, I just can't remember what they are.
There was one a few years back with a special chip in Nintendo cartridges
that you needed to buy from them... it was against a company called Atari
(no, not THAT atari (i think)), and was decided in Atari's favor.
Hope that helps...
Jon
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