Messages in this thread | | | From | pavel-velo@bug ... | Subject | RE: Ke: [offtopic] Re: Patented algorithms in kernel | Date | Thu, 6 Jul 2000 14:13 -0800 |
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Hi!
>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.
Does it mean I may not use IDEA algorithm or commercial purposes in Deutchland? What about czech republic?
But if I code idea algorithm and do not use it myself, I'm safe; right?
> >We have enough stupidity in the US, we don't need any more being >incorrectly blamed on us. :-)
:-)
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