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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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