Subject: Re: cryptosrc-intl
To: None <tech-security@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-security
Date: 07/14/1999 16:05:05
>> If IDEA source code can't *exist* in the source repository because
>> some use of the code might infringe on a patent, how can you have DSA
>> code that also might infringe on another patent? As I see it, the IDEA
>> case is equivalent to the DSA case. The difference is that Ascom might
>> be more agressive about defending their patent since their patent
>> expires at a later date.
It is now 4pm and I have a two hour meeting with some ASIC guys.
Tomorrow I go on vacation for 6 days. Unless I hear some clear consensus
before I go (assuming I manage to finish reading email, which is unlikely),
then I'll assume that the removal of the code can wait one week.
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