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- From: lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard)
- Subject: Re: RSA sucks (Re: PGP warning (ooo; I am scared))
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.023653.13148@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- References: <1992Dec22.041219.7935@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <1992Dec22.172755.6937@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Dec22.184948.9271@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 02:36:53 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.184948.9271@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
- >As to the substance, the yelling and screaming at MIT, RSA, etc. is
- >both useless and irrelevant.
-
- They are the patent holders are they not? No one forced them to
- patent RSA, and no one forced them to exploit the current lax
- practices of the patent office.
-
- >Foard's complaint, as he himself realizes
- >by the end of the message, is either with patent law or with the
- >patent office.
-
- If I find a legal way to take $10000 from you then you have no
- complaint with me?
-
- >Since nobody here is empowered to change either,
- >Foard should take his complaint to someone who can do something
- >about it.
-
- But people are empowered to write/e-mail/phone etc.
- Even people outside the US who are in countries that have patent treaties
- with the US are effected.
-
- >For starters, he might try his local Congressperson and
- >let us know how he makes out.
-
- I sent a copy to Clintons e-mail address, and will be snail mailing
- them to my congress critters.
-
- Of course if they recieve 100 instead of 1 there is actually a chance they
- will notice...
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