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Re: names to say in late september
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rodney Thayer)
Fri Jul 28 00:16:23 2000
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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:00:30 -0700
From: Rodney Thayer <rodney@tillerman.to>
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Many companies trade mark their company name. I've heard the term 'rsa'
pre-dates
the company, so I assume they didn't do that. I don't see it on
the web site.
However, given the, ah, acrimonious nature of this corner of this
marketplace,
it seems prudent to consider another name.
rsalz@CaveoSystems.com wrote:
> Why does the patent expiration mean the name must change?
> The patent is independant of any name/licensing issues.
>
> Calling it anything other than RSA is boneheaded.
