[14129] in Cypherpunks
Re: Graph isomorphism based PK cryptosystems?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Harry Bartholomew)
Wed May 25 11:43:00 1994
From: bart@netcom.com (Harry Bartholomew)
To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 08:36:21 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: jpp@jpplap.markv.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9405251144.AA03868@snark.imsi.com> from "Perry E. Metzger" at May 25, 94 07:44:16 am
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> 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
But you would then need to file within one year of the publication
date I think.
Bart
