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SubjectRE: Ke: [offtopic] Re: Patented algorithms in kernel
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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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