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- Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 6 Nov 92 00:13:50 GMT
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- In <1992Nov5.221542.191@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
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- >Arthur L. Rubin states that Ron Rivest can ask for keys as a licensing
- >requirement for his patented systems.
-
- >I think not. This would be found to be an unreasonable licensing
- >requirement, I'm sure, by the courts. Since Rivest has no physical
- >control over the use of his patents (since the techniques have been
- >published world-wide), he cannot enforce such a provision if it's
- >found unreasonable.
-
- >To see just how unreasonable, just imagine the manufacturer of a
- >patented safe requiring users to register their combinations.
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- I didn't say the patent was reasonable; I just said that would be a legal
- licensing restriction.
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- This sub-thread doesn't belong on sci.crypt, see followup line for
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