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diff --git a/README.PATENTS b/README.PATENTS deleted file mode 100644 index 535c825fe5..0000000000 --- a/README.PATENTS +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -Various companies hold various patents for various algorithms in -various locations around the world. YOU are responsible for ensuring -that your use of any algorithms is legel by checking if there are any -patents in your country. The file contains some of the patents that we -know about or are rumoured to exist. This is not a definitive list. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -RSA Data Security holds software patents on the RSA and RC5 algorithms. -If their ciphers are used used inside the USA (and Japan?), you must contact -RSA Data Security for licencing conditions. Their web page is -http://www.rsa.com - -RC4 is a trademark of RSA Data Security, so use of this label should perhaps -only be used with RSA Data Security's permission. - -The IDEA algorithm is patented by Ascom in Austria, France, Germany, -Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA. -They should be contacted if that algorithm is to be used, their web page is -http://www.ascom.ch - |