From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-27 00:49:58 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 08:49:58 +0800
From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 08:49:58 +0800
To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Remember, RC4 is now PC1
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On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Bill Stewart wrote:
> At 10:19 AM 2/24/96 -0800, jamesd@echeque.com wrote:
> >>From now, instead of saying "RC4" let us say "PC1, (formerly known as RC4)"
> ..
> >Every time you say RC4 without saying "Trademark of some bunch of
> >lawyer scum" you theoretically break the lawyer made law. So let us
> >stop doing it. Serve them right.
>
> You can always call it "Ron's Code 4" or "Rivest's Code 4" or whatever.
Call it "Prince"
Simon
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