On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 02:13:04 -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > It's possible because software patents are illegal where pandora is.
Do we have conclusive evidence of that? I happen to live where pandora is, and AFAIK it may not be possible to get an algorithm patented here, but it may well be that we do acknowledge e.g. EG-wide patents on algorithms. Ascom claims the IDEA patent is applicable to the Netherlands. > I have no idea when IDEA expires. I'm not certain it's even patented in > the US actually. Quoting http://www.ascom.ch/infosec/idea/licensing.html : Country Patent Number Application Date Issue Date Expiration Date USA 5' 214' 703 16 May 1991 25 May 1993 25 May 2010 Europe 0482154 16 May 1991 30 June 1993 16 May 2011 Japan 508119/1991 16 May 1991 Application pending Ray -- Obsig: developing a new sig
