At 09:05 AM 12/6/2001 -0500, James M. Ray wrote: >Gotta love Pud's dot.com deathpool -- "Severity: 100 - new hall of >fame inductee!" ;^) And Bob Hettinga's right, this is absolutely a >severe case of deja-vu (or is that, "they'll never learn?"). >JMR > >Subject: eCash reported morbidly wounded >From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 20:04:41 -0500 > >Cool. > >Anyone wanna go on a patent buying expedition -- again? :-).
There was never any serious reason to license the Chaum blinding patents upon which eCash rested. They applied only to the client and their use was or could be made invisible to the mint. Software patents, including Chaum's, are not enforceable in a number of western nations (e.g., Australia, South Africa and New Zealand). Therefore, the development and release of client software using blinding from these locales would not run afoul of international patent laws. steve --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.e-gold.com/stats.html lets you observe the e-gold system's activity now!
