Re: Encryption

["Richard Stevenson" <nospam [at] adv.net.nz>]

On 14 Mar 2000, at 22:20, simon [at] cliffestones.demon.co.u wrote:

> I thought RSA was under a patent that prevented the GNUpg peeps
> including it, or is this third party code ?

I believe RSA is patented only in the USA; if you're there, you have to use 
RSAREF. Outside the US, you can use any RSA code you like :-)  IIRC, that 
patent expires later this year anyway.  Whether or not they can get an 
extension is probably largely up to how much they spend on patent 
attorneys... or judges.

Cheers

Richard

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