Re: [users] Re: Where's lame

[Paul Martin]

On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:09:51PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:

> OTOH, isn't a license just required for *using* software that falls
> under the patent -- in contrast to just distributing it? How is
> distributing lame different from distributing implementations of RSA
> one year ago? We did that.

The RSA patent was only valid in the USA, an oversight on RSA's part.
That's the difference. With Fraunhofer being a German company, they have
obtained patents in Europe as well as the USA.

-- 
Paul Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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