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RSA Patent gone two weeks early

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed Sep 6 10:35:52 2000

From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@wasabisystems.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
Date: 06 Sep 2000 10:29:56 -0400
Message-ID: <877l8pd257.fsf@snark.piermont.com>


RSA Security has released the RSA patent into the public domain two
weeks early, apparently in a successful attempt to generate publicity.

http://www.rsasecurity.com/news/pr/000906-1.html

They're also giving away neat RSA algorithm T-Shirts and have a FAQ
about the patent expiry.

http://www.rsasecurity.com/developers/total-solution/

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