From: SINCLAIR  DOUGLAS N <sinclai@ecf.toronto.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 11:22:01 +0800
To: adam@rosa.com (Adam philipp)
Subject: Re: RC2 Source Code - Legal Warning from RSADSI
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Message-ID: <96Feb1.215126edt.10310@cannon.ecf.toronto.edu>
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>    I hope that his code was not stolen, if it was actually stolen and then
> released and we knew that for sure, then trade secret rights would probably
> still apply. However the code was posted anonymously we do NOT know for
> certain that it was MISAPPROPRIATED. As such it may have been reverse
> engineered in manner that does not violate trade secrets and hence it can be
> used. The burden is with RSA to prove that any one person KNEW it was
> misappropriated. That is why we are seeing all these messages flying around
> on the web, RSA attorneys are trying to shut the barn door after the horses
> have left...

The author claims that the code was disassembled.  S/he credits "CodeView"
which is Microsoft's debugging/disassembly tool.  Of course, this could
just be a cunning ruse...