When a patent expires, it ceases to be enforceable, period.
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From: Eric Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: RSA licensing for OpenSSL usage?
>>> This may or may not mean that you can use the code in SSLeay or Openssl
>>> that implements the RSA algorithm. The copyright for that code
>>> belongs to Eric Young.
>
>> According to the OpenSSL and SSLeay licences, which is what OpenSSL is
>> released under, OpenSSL can be used for personal, public, and commercial
>> projects and products as long as certain copyright notices are made in
the
>> products' documentation, and credit is given where credit is due.
>
>> It is much less restrictive than the GNU license, but the copyright is
>> still owned by Eric Young and/or Tim Hudson for the SSLeay portions.
>> 'Permission' for commercial products is only required for use of the
>> phrase 'OpenSSL'.
>
>> In a nutshell, this means that you definately CAN use this code.
>
>That's what seems right to me too.
>
>However, I would not be suprised if, come October, you hear RSA's
>lawyers arguing that since Eric Young's code was written before
>the patent expired, that the patent still applies to any such
>code. Lawyer folks are paid to think of and present such arguments,
>you know.
>
>-- Eric Norman
>
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