Cryptography Intellectual Property: Formalities of Cypherpunk
Robert Hettinga
hettinga at gmail.com
Tue Jan 13 11:14:06 PST 2015
> On Jan 13, 2015, at 2:34 PM, rysiek <rysiek at hackerspace.pl> wrote:
>
> The question is not about encrypted materials, but about encryption algorithms
> and tools, as far as I understand.
Patents and copyrights aren’t property. They’re government granted monopolies. They’re no more property than your driver’s license.
Property is the application of mind to *matter*, to quote a great Flash animation.
An idea can not be property. Ever.
So. Again. If it’s *encrypted*, and I have the key, it’s my property. I control the physical bits.
Otherwise it’s not my property.
Cheers,
RAH
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