Ben Kavanagh wrote:
>
> It depends on how the patent is defined. The patent might explicitly
> say used for protecting data on stored media. If you can find a way
> to say you're using it in a way not described by the patent then you
> have a good chance of getting away with it. Bottom line is you have
> to read the patent to see what all are the circumstances it explicitly
> covers. I doubt there is a general "decryption's OK" paradigm in
> relation to crypto patents.
>
The assignee of a patent has make, use and sell rights. To do any of the
three you need a license. I suspect decrypting anything requires make
and use. I doubt there's any easy loophole. CF rockets and export.
