1996-01-27 - Re: Crypto Exports, Europe, and Conspiracy Theories

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From: “E. ALLEN SMITH” <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
To: rsalz@osf.org
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Raw Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 04:01:21 +0800

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From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 04:01:21 +0800
To: rsalz@osf.org
Subject: Re:  Crypto Exports, Europe, and Conspiracy Theories
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From:	IN%"rsalz@osf.org"  "Rich Salz" 26-JAN-1996 04:39:43.50

>I believe that one minor reason is the PKP chokehold on public-key patents.
It has slowed down adoption within the US, and the RSA licenses for example
tend to get very "interesting" when it involves places where their patents
don't hold.
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	Speaking of other countries' non-recognition of algorithms as
patentable, are David Chaum's patents on digital cash enforceable outside of
the US?
	Thanks,
	-Allen





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