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SubjectRe: [offtopic] Re: Patented algorithms in kernel
Once upon a time, Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> said:
>PS: I do not think this applies. Software patents are US-only
>stupidity.

I don't think so. For example of the algorithms used by the original
PGP, the RSA algorithm is patented in the US only, that is because they
published it before applying for a patent (in the US you can do that,
but not in the rest of the world AFAIK - they were trying to get it
published before the US govt blocked publication of strong encryption).
The IDEA algorithm however is patented world-wide.

We have enough stupidity in the US, we don't need any more being
incorrectly blamed on us. :-)
--
Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Information Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.

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