[117612] in Cypherpunks
RE: final indexing running
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Tue Sep 7 02:38:55 1999
From: "Lucky Green" <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
To: "Ryan Lackey" <ryan@venona.com>, <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 23:26:21 -0700
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Ryan wrote:
> I'm currently running the final index of the cypherpunks archives; I
> believe it will be done at about 1800 GMT on 7 September.
>
> (The main use for these archives, IMO, is to challenge some particularly
> bogus patents out there. Prior art due to cypherpunks mailing list seems
> like it should invalidate a lot of annoying patents.)
Only if somebody challenges the patent. There are countless patents issued
for which well-known prior art exists, yet the patents remain valid because
it is usually cheaper to pay than to litigate. I don't expect another
Cypherpunks archive to change this.
--Lucky
