On Fri, Nov 20, 1998, Preston Brown wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Dave Paris wrote:
>
> > Just a pondering here, but in the -spirit- of the law (and probably
> > not the letter), and given the fact that I'm not a lawyer, what if we
> > (US developers) were to purchase a commercial solution, shelve it,
> > then use that license in our own (individual) mod_ssl package? We
> > still have only one RSA implimentation running, and we have a single
> > RSA license. That way, RSA has their licensing fees.
>
> Probably easier to wait until the patent runs out. It isn't too far off.
RSA's patent expires on September 20, 2000. This is in two years, Preston. And
two years in real life is a long time on the web... In the meantime a
compromise seems to be reasonable.
Ralf S. Engelschall
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