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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: RSA cryptographic algorithm patented?
Message-ID: <5791@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 20:34:20 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 13 20:34:20 1985
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> ... I find it ironic that
> after the inventors of RSA fought so hard to prevent the Government from
> classifying their work, they now are trying to use the patent system to
> suppress its widespread use...

The letter says nothing of the kind; what they are trying to suppress is
people who make money from it without paying royalties to the inventors.
Note the exact wording (emphasis added):

>  ... people are
>  going to start expending money and effort developing RSA-based software
>  for *commercial* purposes.  Regrettably, their effort will be wasted
>  *unless* they obtain a *sublicense* from us.
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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