PGP & TAB

Jessen, Per PMMAIL Discussion List <PMMAIL-L@VM.EGE.EDU.TR>
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 09:43:20 +0100


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johannes M. Posel [mailto:posel@GMX.NET]
> Sent: 23 April 1999 19:19
[snip]
>
> You're right, but to be honest I don't care, in germany you
> cannot have a
> copyright on a algorythm, so RSA/IDEA etc. is *free* (inside)
> Germany. You can
[snip]

  This is in fact valid throughout Europe. The EPO regulations clearly
  state that e.g. software and algorithms are not patentable. Nor
  copyrightable etcetera. See http://www.european-patent-office.org



  Per Jessen,
  ENIDAN, London