I put a term in the Crypto++ license agreement that it's the user's
responsibility to obtain a patent license before using anything that may be
patented. So far that has kept me out of trouble with lawyers.
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From: "Giuliano Bertoletti" <
gb@...>
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 6:56 AM
To: <
cryptopp-users@...>
Subject: CryptoPP and patents
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering how it works with patents if - as cryptopp - somebody
> releases for free the code for a crypto algorithm (but the same argument
> holds for any kind of algorithm).
>
> I mean, he's the end user of the library, not the author which possibly
> has not to pay for royalties to patent holders, isn't he ?
>
> Cheers,
> Giulio.
>
>
> >
>
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