Detecting PGP 2.6.x keys

[David Shaw]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 12:31:09AM +0200, Johan Wevers wrote:
> David Shaw wrote:
> 
> >IDEA is patented in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands,
> >Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Japan, and the USA.
> 
> That's strange, since you can't patent algorithms in The Netherlands
> unless they are part of a physical device, in which case the whole device
> is patented. I can only assume that noone even questioned that patent
> because noone here was ever sued for using IDEA.

I don't know.  I got the patent list from
http://www.mediacrypt.com/_contents/10_idea/101030_ea_pi.asp

I assume they are claiming something that is true, but I'm certainly
not a patent lawyer.  The FAQ on that site is interesting though.
It's a little misleading with regards to GnuPG.

David
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