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Re: Current status of RSA patent...


On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, jim bell wrote:

> At 05:32 PM 6/20/96 -0400, Intense wrote:
> 
> Yes, it's true.  I happen to believe that the only purpose the government 
> had in granting patents on public key and RSA is to help keep it from the 
> public.  They did a fair job, but the patents expire in 1-4 years and it'll 
> be too late by then.  Their attempts to foist the Clipper standard on us 
> didn't work.

Tho, I do belive, that the goverment wil never stop in it's quest to own 
its citizens.   This is changing the subject to much so i wont write on 
it...  :)

anyway..; 

Matt


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