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Re: PKP

To: Doug Porter <dporter@well.sf.ca.us>
Subject: Re: PKP
From: peter honeyman <honey@citi.umich.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1993 13:05:39 -0400
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 13 Jun 1993 09:45:28 -0700. <93Jun13.094534pdt.13887-3@well.sf.ca.us>

> Ok, PKP now effectively has a monopoly. Is an antitrust action 
> appropriate?

no.  establishing and securing a monopoly is the whole point of patent law.

personally, i plan to continue to infringe on the pkp patents -- protected
by the research use exclusion and the rsaref noncommerical-use license -- 
while the onslaught of time makes pkp assets ever less viable.  

fuck 'em.  join me.

	peter

References:
- PKP
  - From: Doug Porter <dporter@well.sf.ca.us>

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