patent free(?) anonymous credential system pre-print

Marc Branchaud marcnarc at rsasecurity.com
Wed Nov 6 12:50:34 EST 2002


bear wrote:
> 
> It's not terribly helpful for someone to lock up an idea for twenty
> years, but honestly it may be at least that long before the legal and
> cultural infrastructure is ready to fully take advantage of it anyway.

Absolutely.  Which is precisely why we need an extension to patent
lifetimes.

If it's good enough for copyright...

		M.


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