The technology becomes available, but the copyright still applies.... So,
anyone can re-write the algorithm, but to use RSA's code would probably be a
violation.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roeland M.J. Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 10:39 PM
> To: Richard Levitte; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: RSA patent
>
>
> I think I mis-read your original question. For some reason I read
> "unusable", sorry. Yes, the lapse of a patent means the technology
> becomes available for all to use, freely. This is my understanding.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Levitte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 1:53 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: RSA patent
> >
> >
> > Uhmmm? Are you trying to pull a leg or two? Or have I missed
> > something about how things work when a patent is no longer valid?
> >
> > rmeyer> No, it means exactly the opposite.
> > [...]
> > rmeyer> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > Of Ray Hodel
> > [...]
> > rmeyer> > I am curious what is going to happen when the
> > patent for RSA
> > rmeyer> > expires next year.
> > rmeyer> > Does anyone know? Will that mean packages such as OpenSSL
> > rmeyer> > will be usable
> > rmeyer> > without penalty, for commercial purposes within the US?
> >
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