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More re Netscape/SSL patent
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Broiles)
Wed Sep 17 16:42:36 1997
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 02:13:35 -0700
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From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
news.com has a story re Netscape's SSL patent, with quotes from a Netscape
spokesperson, at <http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,14302,00.html>.
The interesting bits:
>[...]
> "We don't want to discourage developers from
> using our platform," said spokesman Christopher
> Hoover. "An SSL license would be a real hurdle.
> It's not an income source that's necessary to
> exploit."
>[...]
> But for the time being, Netscape said the patent is
> mostly something to frame and hang on chief
> scientist Elgamal's wall, as well as protection against
> other people claiming rights to the standard.
>
> "We have the patent for the same reason you would
> copyright a novel," said Hoover. "You might want
> to sell it, but if you don't, you want to make sure no
> one else publishes it under their own name."
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