Re: Ada & Encryption / Compression

[kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <Pine.GSO.3.93.970307143338.7386A-100000@sky.net>, John Howard <jhoward@sky.net> writes:

> 1)
>   Is a license required (working within the U.S.) to implement (for the
>   U.S. market) the RSA public key algorithm with ones own prime numbers?
>   A. Always yes.
>   B. Always no.
>   C. Sometimes.
>   D. Don't know.
>
> 2)
>   Is a license required (working outside the U.S.) to implement (for the 
>   U.S. market) the RSA public key algorithm with ones own prime numbers?
>   A. Always yes.
>   B. Always no.
>   C. Sometimes.
>   D. Don't know.

"Prime Numbers" is irrelevant, as those are made up by end users (with
the help of software or hardware) in any trustworthy implementation.
If you substitute "code" for "prime numbers", the answer is A for
both cases.  The key phrase is "for the U.S. market".

Larry Kilgallen