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Michael H. Warfield mhw at WITTSEND.COM
Sun Jan 23 23:16:42 EST 2000


On Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 02:40:30PM +0800, Saravana Ram wrote:
> From: "Ryan Russell" <Ryan.Russell at SYBASE.COM>

> > There is no import restriction for the US for crypto.  The only issue with
> > OpenBSD you'd have as a US user is the RSA patent.  That problem
> > goes away after September 29th.  I believe one can get patent-free
> > distros of OpenBSD (which may be what you're referring to.)

> Why does the problem go away after September 29th? In America, patents can
> be renewed, right?

	Yes and no...  They can not be renewed indefinitely and come
September (or some say October) this one is toast.

	Mike
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