Re: AWE32 Programming Info (Official) Released!!!!
Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:05:31 +0100 (BST)
> > > Information is intangible. You cannot use code that is copyrighted because
> > > it's protected by copyright. And, you cannot write your own code to
> > > implement an algorithm that's protected by a patent.
> > Except in the free world beyond the USA.
>
> I guess you're referring to RSA? RSA does not have an international patent,
> only a domestic one. This is because publication of the algorigthm was
No other country of note recognizes software as patentable, even if there
is a hardware patent. Software is just a statement of mathematical facts