Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 14:30:09 -0500 From: Scott Brickner <sjb@austin.ibm.com> To: Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: secure/ changes... Message-ID: <9507261930.AA17859@ozymandias.austin.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: (Your message of Wed, 26 Jul 1995 09:32:39 CDT.) <m0sb9Nw-00004XC@cloud.rain.com>
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In message <m0sb9Nw-00004XC@cloud.rain.com> Bill Trost writes: >Part of what may be causing people to worry about importing encryption >software is that some of it is illegal to *use* (and probably import) >in the United States. In particular, the international versions of >PGP contain their own implementation of RSA, so any use of those >versions of PGP are violations of PKP's patents on the algorithm. Patents prohibit commercial use of the program, though, not private use.
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