1994-09-14 - Re: RC4 compatibility testing

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com>
Message Hash: bc0ded9d25f5b17a84a232c16147f6a43490912f9d820835ec1533f3ed0b8165
Message ID: <9409142059.AA03709@snark.imsi.com>
Reply To: <199409142050.OAA16568@misc.glarp.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-09-14 21:00:16 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 14 Sep 94 14:00:16 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 94 14:00:16 PDT
To: Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com>
Subject: Re: RC4 compatibility testing
In-Reply-To: <199409142050.OAA16568@misc.glarp.com>
Message-ID: <9409142059.AA03709@snark.imsi.com>
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Brad Huntting says:
> Since RC4 is not patented, I could make a product out of this code.

Yes.

> And then latter if it was patented I would be exempt from paying
> royalties on my product, no?

Ahem.

If an invention is successfully patented, any use you make of it
requires royalties even if that use began before the patent was
granted.

However, RC4 is probably not patentable at this point -- unless Bidzos
has a "submarine patent" in process, which I wouldn't put past him.

Perry

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• 1994-09-14 (Tue, 13 Sep 94 18:38:18 PDT) - RC4 compatibility testing - ekr@eit.COM (Eric Rescorla)
  • 1994-09-14 (Tue, 13 Sep 94 20:05:32 PDT) - RC4 compatibility testing - Nathan Loofbourrow <loofbour@cis.ohio-state.edu>
  • 1994-09-14 (Wed, 14 Sep 94 13:50:41 PDT) - Re: RC4 compatibility testing - Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com>
    • 1994-09-14 (Wed, 14 Sep 94 14:00:16 PDT) - Re: RC4 compatibility testing - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
      • 1994-09-15 (Wed, 14 Sep 94 17:25:17 PDT) - Re: RC4 compatibility testing - Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
        • 1994-09-15 (Thu, 15 Sep 94 05:27:36 PDT) - Re: RC4 compatibility testing - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
          • 1994-09-15 (Thu, 15 Sep 94 08:26:33 PDT) - Re: RC4 compatibility testing - Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
            • 1994-09-15 (Thu, 15 Sep 94 08:56:58 PDT) - Re: RC4 compatibility testing - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
              • 1994-09-15 (Thu, 15 Sep 94 16:24:17 PDT) - Re: RC4 compatibility testing - Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
            • 1994-09-15 (Thu, 15 Sep 94 11:35:36 PDT) - Re: RC4 compatibility testing - Random Factor <sq0nk@alt.anonymous.messages>