[14522] in Cypherpunks
Re: clipper patent troubles?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed Jun 1 10:38:49 1994
To: Brian D Williams <talon57@well.sf.ca.us>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 01 Jun 1994 06:49:31 PDT."
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Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 10:20:05 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Given that Micali is one of the "the government is here to help you"
crowd, I doubt he'll demand anything that actually makes Clipper
impractical. However, I will note that he's damaged his credibility as
a pro-clipper speaker, both because he now stands to personally profit
from it, and because he's made the following silly statement:
> "I didn't think that in dealing with the U.S. government, I would
> need a lawyer," Micali says. "I may be proved wrong."
The naivete is astonishing, but at least he admits that he may be
wrong on this point.
Perry
