1996-04-17 - Re: Bidzos Holds Key / A hacker’s paradise

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: Alex Strasheim <cp@proust.suba.com>
Message Hash: 73ca6f92febf6f1ce2b0987c33eb7ff842100ace69a1b6393c8dbb072aaa33b5
Message ID: <199604170230.WAA00997@jekyll.piermont.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-04-17 11:47:24 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:47:24 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:47:24 +0800
To: Alex Strasheim <cp@proust.suba.com>
Subject: Re: Bidzos Holds Key / A hacker's paradise
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Alex Strasheim writes:
> Can whoever ends up with the rsa patent pull rsaref off the market, and
> retroactively make software that uses it illegal?

No.

> Or would they just be able to prevent people from writing new code
> with rsaref?

No, they couldn't do that either.

.pm

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