Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-20 Thread Vin McLellan
At 8/18/00, you wrote: I don't think it makes a gentleman sound very intelligent or responsible to make such inflammatory statements, about such a incendiary subject, with absolutely no facts at hand. Jeeeze! Alright, enough already. I expressed a concern based off of

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-18 Thread Vin McLellan
At 8/17/00, you wrote: What sideline patents? I have followed this issue and I do not know what patents you're referring to. The company I used to work for did research on this issue and talked to a number of IP attorneys regarding this issue. They didn't seem to feel that it was as cut

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-18 Thread Crispin Wellington
I am aware that RSA is expecting a rush of RSA pkc programmes after Sept 20th. It is my $0.02 worth that if there is such a rush, there will be little legal hope of upholding the expired patent, with so many products entering public domain. It will be like trying to hold back a waterfall with a

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-18 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
From: Crispin Wellington [EMAIL PROTECTED] crispin And we'll all get rid of RSARef :) If nothing else, that's a good reason to have a bit of champagne (or whatever you'd like) that day. -- Richard Levitte \ Spannvägen 38, II \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chairman@Stacken \ S-168 35 BROMMA \ T:

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-18 Thread Vin McLellan
Crispin Wellington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am aware that RSA is expecting a rush of RSA pkc programmes after Sept 20th. Some, surely, to judge from the comments on this list over the past several years -- but I'll be surprised if any particular marketplace is radically

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-17 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
From: "Gotfried, Colette" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ColetteG I am trying to analyze to understand the meaning of the ColetteG expiration of the RSA patent. ColetteG Does it mean that companies can purchase any product ColetteG offering RSA algorithms implementation available in the ColetteG market.

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-17 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
From: Chris Zimman [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris This is a question for the lawyers. That said, there is a chris sentiment that there exist sideline patents that may protect chris RSA beyond the expiration of this patent. Uhmmm? You're not thinking of the MultiPrime thingy, are you? -- Richard

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-17 Thread Allan Borr
This is a question for the lawyers. That said, there is a sentiment that there exist sideline patents that may protect RSA beyond the expiration of this patent. I believe this to be untrue. If any such patents existed, they would be widely discussed in both the legal and cryptographic

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-17 Thread Greg Stark
What sideline patents? I have followed this issue and I do not know what patents you're referring to. After the RSA patent has expired, the RSA algorithm is available royalty-free, it is that simple. So yes, it does mean that you can purchase and use any product offering 'the' RSA algorithm

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-17 Thread Michael Sierchio
Chris Zimman wrote: This is a question for the lawyers. That said, there is a sentiment that there exist sideline patents that may protect RSA beyond the expiration of this patent. The *only* algorithm this applies to is the RSA public key algorithm. None of the other algorithms (RC4,

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-17 Thread Chris Zimman
What sideline patents? I have followed this issue and I do not know what patents you're referring to. The company I used to work for did research on this issue and talked to a number of IP attorneys regarding this issue. They didn't seem to feel that it was as cut and dry of an issue. They

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-17 Thread Chris Zimman
Uhmmm? You're not thinking of the MultiPrime thingy, are you? Nope, those are Compaq's patents as far as I know. --Chris __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List

Re: Life after September 20th

2000-08-17 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
From: Chris Zimman [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris Uhmmm? You're not thinking of the MultiPrime thingy, are you? chris chris Nope, those are Compaq's patents as far as I know. And a cooperation with RSA Security, let's not forget that... RSA Security will benifit from it one way or another. --