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- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Path: sparky!uunet!telebit!phr
- From: phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin)
- Subject: Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality
- In-Reply-To: dorsey@lila.com's message of Fri, 18 Dec 1992 05:05:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <PHR.92Dec18101252@napa.telebit.com>
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- Organization: Telebit Corporation; Sunnyvale, CA, USA
- References: <1992Dec17.215901.1948@netcom.com> <BzFvHE.po@lila.com>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 10:12:52
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- Not everyone shares Sternlight's opinion that "RSA has patents on a wonderful
- invention and they are entitled to the fruits of their work." See
- pesp. the FSF's position on algorithmic patents for an opposing view.
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- I think you're thinking of the position paper "Against Software Patents",
- from the League for Programming Freedom, not the FSF. Write to
- league@uunet.uu.net if you want a copy.
-