On Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 03:14:45PM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Craig Raskin writes:
> > http://trec.nist.gov/pubs/trec6/papers/nsa-rev.ps
>
> Why would the NSA patent this? It's not like the NSA can't keep a
> (trade) secret.
My guess: They are expecting somebody else to develop it separately,
and by patenting it they can refuse them a license, and thus keep them
from delivering technology to the commercial arena (which *would* end
up with the NSA's "competitors", and at commerical world prices).
Eivind.
