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List:       gnupg-users
Subject:    Re: Detecting PGP 2.6.x keys
From:       Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic () pbl ! ca>
Date:       2004-09-20 14:14:45
Message-ID: 414EE5D5.90408 () pbl ! ca
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Johan Wevers wrote:
> That's strange, since you can't patent algorithms in The Netherlands
> unless they are part of a physical device, in which case the whole device
> is patented. I can only assume that noone even questioned that patent
> because noone here was ever sued for using IDEA.

It's the same as with all other questionable patents.  Nobody is going 
to court to sue you as long as there is (much) more to loose than to 
gain.  Translated, until there's a big corporation somewhere in affected 
European countries starting to use IDEA without paying patent rights, 
Mediacrypt will be quiet.

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Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@pbl.ca>    Pollard Banknote Limited
Systems Administrator                           1499 Buffalo Place
Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276                     Winnipeg, MB  R3T 1L7

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