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Re: The Penguin Machine Re: Debian for kids



On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, David Starner wrote:
> > of the page at tpm.seul.org.  Even though TPM was developed in Australia,
> > would distribution of this program in the US (or export of the program
> > from within the US) put Debian at risk of legal action by the patent
> > holders? 
> 
> Yes. Cf. the RSA code, the mp3 code, and the LZW code.

Ah, I was afraid of that.  Well, it least it could go into non-US/main.
>From what I can see it's still not ready for prime time, though.  We'll
see what comes of it.

A shame, though.

Ben
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