Niels M�ller wrote:
> Rafal Maszkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 05:25:07PM +0100, Niels M�ller wrote:
> > > IDEA is patented, so you probably don't want to enable it. It's
> > Not patented here and I wanted most compatibility (maybe it doesn't make se
> References? I'm pretty sure it's not a US-only patent. After all, IDEA
> is owned by a Swiss company.
My understanding was that the IDEA patent is a European patent, and
not valid in the US. That is why the original PGP with RSAREF is
legal in the US (RSAREF allows use of RSA for non-commerical use,
and IDEA wasn't an issue in the US).
- J�rgen
