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  4. From: starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Tim Starr)
  5. Subject: Re: Registering "Assault Keys"
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov5.083435.781@genie.slhs.udel.edu>
  7. Organization: UDel, School of Life & Health Sciences
  8. References: <1cs7qlINN29t@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <1992Nov2.104157.21010@genie.slhs.udel.edu> <CKD.92Nov2104215@loiosh.eff.org>
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  10. Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 08:34:35 GMT
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  12.  
  13. In article <CKD.92Nov2104215@loiosh.eff.org> ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes:
  14. }Tim> == Tim Starr <starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu> 
  15. }
  16. } Tim> You're apparently ignorant of any distinction between
  17. } Tim> command-and-control regulation from the "public sector" and
  18. } Tim> contractual terms in the "private sector".  You don't have to deal
  19. } Tim> with RSA if you don't consent to it.  If you refuse to deal with
  20. } Tim> the government, it deals with you.
  21. }
  22. }What if RSA brings a patent infringement suit against you?  It's not as
  23. }simple as you paint it.  You can't simply "refuse to deal" with RSA if
  24. }you're using public key encryption in the US.
  25.  
  26. What I meant was that you don't have to use public key encryption.  Patents
  27. are irrelevant (and I don't believe in 'em, anyways.  Copyright, yes, patents,
  28. no).  You and RSA are both freely contracting parties.  However, if you want
  29. to use RSA in a prohibited fashion, you have no choice about whether you will
  30. deal with the enforcement agency of that prohibition.
  31.  
  32.  
  33. Tim Starr - Renaissance Now! - Think Universally, Act Selfishly
  34. starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu
  35.  
  36. "True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten
  37. oneself and others." - Voltaire
  38.