1994-09-18 - RC4 Legal Issues

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From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-09-18 00:19:54 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 17 Sep 94 17:19:54 PDT

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From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 94 17:19:54 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: RC4 Legal Issues
In-Reply-To: <9409151814.AA05183@snark.imsi.com>
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   Ah, but that does make some sense. You see, Stac bought MS-DOS from
   Microsoft, and had to adhere to Microsoft's shrink wrap agreement.

Whether or not a shrink wrap agreement is valid is a further issue
here as well.  Taking something apart that lots of people have is, or
at least should be, a fair use.

Eric





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