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Re: Does Estonian RSA chip violate patents?
On Mon, 30 May 1994 [email protected] wrote:
> I'm not sure how algorithm patents can be applied to hardware -- you may or
> may not be able to sell this chip in the US _without_ violating patents.
> (Though you can freely sell RSA hardware or software outside the US.)
>
If a PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, ASIC, FPGA etc. contains a program which is
patented or copyrighted, is it hardware or software - is it the same as a
diskette containing the same program code is it the same as a book
containing the code?
-NS
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