Re: Irchat contains strong Crypto..

Rick> irchat seems to contain strong crypto (idea.el). [1] Rick> I thought Steve was already actively ignoring stupid US laws regarding Rick> crypto export. I'm not sure if the intent was civil disobedience or Rick> just the assumption that no one would really do anything about it. Rick> The former seems like a good idea. I don't think the latter be a good Rick> assumption on which to base such decisions. Rick> [1] idea is also patented. Rick> But implementations may be freely distributed for non-commercial use, Rick> right? You cannot distribute, or even make for your own use, something that implements a patented idea. It doesn't matter whether it's commercial or not. If it's patented, you need a license, even to do research on it. (That's what the patent engineers (not lawyers) told me.) Ray