On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 12:04:12PM -0400, Dave Ahn wrote: > On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 10:49:14AM -0500, sheldon wrote: > > http://www.rsasecurity.com/news/pr/000906-1.html > > > > No more need for a license. Just have to worry about evil government > > accusing you of selling munitions in your netrek client. :) > > Steve got to it before I did. Interesting. Only problem for us is that > the waiver applies only for RSA algorithm development after today. In > order for us to take advantage of this, the RES-RSA package would have to > be re-implemented from scratch. There is no incentive for us to do this. > RES-RSA is currently not used in a commercial setting, and we are complying > with the RSAREF license already. We can also export RES-RSA outside of > the US. > > Don't fix what ain't broken... The patent expires on September 20th anyway. The patent process is meant to stimulate technological development by allowing companies/inventors time to recoup the costs of development. Don't ask me what I think about academics who use the resources of a university to help develop a technology, and then go private to cash in. Really. -Tom