Re:No Source Code == No Patent
by pclmulqdq on Monday April 17, 2023 @04:33PM
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Which are all built on top of the public disclosure of these algorithms, which was required by... the patents!
Prior to RSA being patented, a lot of encryption was proprietary (and probably mostly broken), and nobody could build on top of it. Post-patent, the RSA inventors could publish details and publicize their invention, which led to the alternatives.
Prior to RSA being patented, a lot of encryption was proprietary (and probably mostly broken), and nobody could build on top of it. Post-patent, the RSA inventors could publish details and publicize their invention, which led to the alternatives.