[48287] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crypto Exports, Europe, and Conspiracy Theories
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E. ALLEN SMITH)
Sat Jan 27 14:41:49 1996
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 14:34 EDT
From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
To: rsalz@osf.org
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: IN%"rsalz@osf.org" "Rich Salz" 26-JAN-1996 04:39:43.50
>I believe that one minor reason is the PKP chokehold on public-key patents.
It has slowed down adoption within the US, and the RSA licenses for example
tend to get very "interesting" when it involves places where their patents
don't hold.
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Speaking of other countries' non-recognition of algorithms as
patentable, are David Chaum's patents on digital cash enforceable outside of
the US?
Thanks,
-Allen
