1993-05-01 - Re: validity of the RSA patent

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From: Eli Brandt <ebrandt@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-05-01 07:29:16 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 1 May 93 00:29:16 PDT

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From: Eli Brandt <ebrandt@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: Sat, 1 May 93 00:29:16 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: validity of the RSA patent
In-Reply-To: <9304300628.AA17668@soda.berkeley.edu>
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> Consider use of another public key encryption scheme, say LUC encryption.

Which, of course, is patent-pending.  It appears that we can no more
make progress in cryptography in the face of algorithm patents than
we could advance mathematics under the burden of theorem licensing.
We can't afford to wait until 2001.

> Eric

   Eli   ebrandt@jarthur.claremont.edu
(LPF member)





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