They paid $25MM. William
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James A. Donald > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:54 PM > To: cryptography@metzdowd.com > Subject: RE: ECC patents? > > -- > Whyte, William: > > It hints that only some particular curves have been > > licensed. It could be that NSA has decided not to buy > > a license for the other curves, or it could be that > > operations on those curves aren't patented. The > > presentation doesn't give enough information to > > establish which. > > If the NSA paid anything significant for any of the > curves, we would be told. Therefore the NSA paid > nothing or almost nothing, and therefore if the NSA > licensed anything, it would have licensed everything. > > I doubt that the NSA paid any money whatsoever for this > license, making it profoundly unimpressive as evidence > that *any* curves have a plausible valid patent. If the > NSA paid real money, the patent holders would be > sticking it in our face as a price setting precedent. > > --digsig > James A. Donald > 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG > uFGgCOtWvwFnmCL5tYGLSloqyccg5nCjgOZZ2xdW > 4NjnEzQaXNpdg5TTfRnBvcrjTbnHJ6AGsfz5BcvsG > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Cryptography Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
