Re: Patent status of SRP, SPEKE, etc.?

[Tom Wu]

Rich Salz wrote:
> 
> > I'm the inventor of SRP.  The version of the protocol described in RFC
> > 2945 (see http://srp.stanford.edu/) is royalty-free for worldwide use.
> 
> I've heard from two sources that the Stanford licensing office believes
> otherwise.

Originally, their intent was to charge royalties, but I have since
convinced them of the merits of Open Source licensing.  :-)
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Tom Wu
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Arcot Systems
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