From: rah@shipwright.com (Robert Hettinga)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 05:03:52 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Patents and trade secrets was: Encryption algorithms used in PrivaSoft
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Historical example time...

>(0) Alice invents a snaffleblort.
     Some Other Guy invented telephone
>(1) Bob invents a snaffleblort.
     A.G. Bell invented telephone.
>(2) Bob files for a patent on a snaffleblort.
     A.G. Bell files 6 hours earlier.

Actually happened. We know what happened...


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