request for patent info

[Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>]

>Seems to me that now might be a good time to get a list together of all
>encryption related patents and when they expire.  

As much as we need this, we also need the actual text of the patents.
What a patent actually covers is often much narrower than what is
claimed.

>Unless someone already
>has such a list, I will compile and repost any info sent to me.

The experience of others trying to gather such information as this is
that you have to be proactive if you expect to get anything done.
Waiting for people to send you stuff is an exercise in patience.

Eric