From: rishab@dxm.ernet.in
Date: Thu, 19 May 94 13:22:43 PDT
To: smrf@mu.sans.vuw.ac.nz
Subject: PKP patents
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"Smrf." <smrf@mu.sans.vuw.ac.nz>

> On a different note, where are the PKP patents registered, and how?  Are 
> they under the Int. Patent Coop. Treaty?  If so, they might have some 
> validity here...

US software patents are not, for good or bad, accepted by the rest of the 
world. Which is why it is legal to use PGP outside the US.

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