[14830] in Cypherpunks
Re: Sternlight & PGP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John K. Taber)
Mon Jun 6 19:32:08 1994
From: jktaber@netcom.com (John K. Taber)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 18:29:14 -0500 (CDT)
I would like clarification on Sternlight's contention that PGP violates
RSA's patents. My understanding is that PGP < 2.4 does not so long as
its use was private and non-commercial.
In other words, isn't the patent issue a fabrication of Sternlight to
attack PGP?
Or did he really have a point?
