[14132] in Cypherpunks
Re: Graph isomorphism based PK cryptosystems?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Shantz)
Wed May 25 12:24:20 1994
Date: Wed, 25 May 94 09:19:31 PDT
From: bshantz@spry.com (Brad Shantz)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
>Harry Bartholomew says:
> > > 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.
>
> His whole point was that he wanted to render the process unpatentable.
>
> Perry
So, if JPP publishes it, it would be a matter of trust that he wouldn't patent
it. Okay, I have no problems with that. However, it is still patentable.
What could be done to make it unpatentable?
Brad
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