[14117] in Cypherpunks
Re: Graph isomorphism based PK cryptosystems?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed May 25 07:49:03 1994
To: Jay Prime Positive <jpp@jpplap.markv.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 May 1994 21:51:00 PDT."
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Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 07:44:16 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Jay Prime Positive says:
> I only worry that if I publish, it could be patented. And I don't
> want the algorithm to end up in the hands of the software patent
> folks. Especially if they will be making money off it, and I wont.
If you publish, only you could patent it. There is only danger if you
don't publish, in which case others can independently make the same
discovery and patent it.
Perry
