[80028] in Cypherpunks
RE: RSA, PGP IN LEGAL FLAP OVER ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Bell)
Wed May 14 02:13:00 1997
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 19:11:48 -0800
To: Chris DiBona <dibona@acm.org>,
"cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
From: jimbell@pacifier.com (Jim Bell)
Reply-To: jimbell@pacifier.com (Jim Bell)
At 12:45 5/12/97 -0700, Chris DiBona wrote:
>And keep in mind , I don't begrudge RSA thier right to make money off thier
intellectual property,
However, I've been waiting many years for some patent-law-knowledgeable
person to explain why mathematics, which was widely seen as being absolutely
unpatentable prior to the invention of public-key cryptography, suddenly
became patentable just in time for RSA, etc.
Until I hear such an explanation, I _DO_ begrudge RSA and others that "right."
Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com
