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Date:      Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:00:09 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <hackers@freebsd.org>
To:        archie@whistle.com
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ijppp for isdn, ppp compression, and netgraph (also: load balancing)
Message-ID:  <200003072300.PAA90662@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <200003071834.KAA41887@bubba.whistle.com>
References:  <200003071834.KAA41887@bubba.whistle.com>

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In article <200003071834.KAA41887@bubba.whistle.com>,
Archie Cobbs  <archie@whistle.com> wrote:

>      I already have code for MPPC/MPPE, minus the proprietary STAC
>      code and the patented RC4 algorithm,

I have read in several places that only the name "RC4" is trademarked,
and that the algorithm itself is not patented.  Is that not the case?

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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