Not crypto, but this list has moved out onto IPR issues before,so..

[Ben Laurie]

"Julian T. J. Midgley" wrote:
> What about the RSA patent - practically all open source software that uses
> the patented algorithm was written in Europe, since the US Patent Laws
> don't apply over here.  Now if we enforced Software Patents as well...
> 
> (And of course, there is substantial evidence that the RSA patent is
> invalid, yet none of the court cases brought against it succeeded in
> having it overturned...)

Of course, it is now expired, which is pretty conclusive...

Cheers,

Ben.

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