Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 13:25:50 -0400 From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reminder notice about FreeBSD Security Advisories Message-ID: <3A85799E.C6A3745B@vangelderen.org> References: <20010209214354.2FBD637B4EC@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0102092253530.63359-100000@deneb.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> <20010209140614.A67010@mollari.cthul.hu> <3A853F1C.DED59C4B@nisser.com> <20010210053726.A45756@mollari.cthul.hu> <3A854C41.7BA1B2A1@nisser.com>
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Roelof Osinga wrote: > > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > ... > > And Europe, I believe. > > Nope. That's why I asked :). It was brought to the table as a proposal > in order to make those laws more akin in the world. At least partly, > since I believe there was no mention of business method patentability, > just the patentability of software AKA mathematics. > > Fortunately the proposal didn't make the ballots. So, for the moment > at least, software patents do not apply in the EU. Don't know about > Japan. The above is not correct. The IDEA algorithm is patented in Europe as #0482154. Noncommercial use is free, commercial use requires a paid license. This has been the case ever since PGP 2.x.x was released and will be the case until the year 2011. Fortunately there is no reason whatsoever to use IDEA these days, except for legacy purposes. http://www.media-crypt.com/pages/fidea.html Cheers, Jeroen -- Jeroen C. van Gelderen o _ _ _ jeroen@vangelderen.org _o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) _< \_ _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/' \/ (_)>(_) (_) (_) (_) (_)' _\o_ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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