GnuPG 1.0.4-1 + IDEA for Windows

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 05:15:41PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com> writes:

> > 	DISTRIBUTE THE DAMN THING FROM EUROPE!

> > 	There is no patent on Idea in Europe.

> Wrong, there is a patent, see:

> http://l2.espacenet.com/dips/viewer?PN=EP0482154&CY=de&LG=de&DB=EPD

	Refinement...  There are is no patent on Idea in those European
countries which have no software patents.  Germany is an oddball one
where software can be patented if it is reduced to hardware (if I remember
the stipulation correctly).  Switzerland, obviously, allows software
patents.  Most other European countries do not.  You are correct that
the statement "There is no patent on Idea in Europe" is overly general
and literally false.  The correct statement would have been "There is
no patent on Idea in the majority of European countries".

	I stand corrected.

	You can still distribute it from Zedz.net along with the other
versions of pgp which include and incorporate Idea.  It does not violate
any patent or the GPL there.

	Mike
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