Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 23:09:13 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Cc: Dug Song <dugsong@monkey.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenSSH patches Message-ID: <381FD189.32B337BF@softweyr.com> References: <199911021749.JAA10864@tao.thought.org> <Pine.BSO.4.10.9911021400560.1191-100000@funky.monkey.org> <99Nov3.073050est.40337@border.alcanet.com.au>
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Peter Jeremy wrote:
>
> On 1999-Nov-03 06:02:44 +1100, Dug Song wrote:
> >from OpenBSD's ssl(8):
> >
> >BUGS
> > According to "Applied Cryptography: Schneier" the RSA patent will
> > expire September 20th, 2000.
> >
> > Patents can be renewed.
>
> Unless someone's snuck a radical change to Patent Law through recently,
> this isn't true. Patents automatically pass into the public domain
> after 17(?) years.
Yup. Several companies including Microsoft and RSA are lobbying various
Congress critters to change this to 70 (!) years. Scroom.
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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