10 Mar
2011
10 Mar
'11
5:07 a.m.
On 10/03/2011 3:04 PM, Marshall Clow wrote:
Yes, I've never even heard a hint of anyone successfully claiming to own an algorithm.
Do the names Rivest, Shamir, and Adelman sound familiar?
To be honest/pedantic all they did was patent/practically-apply a 2000 year old mathematical theorem. I don't think they ever "owned" the algorithm per-say, but rather they were awarded a monopoly over its use for about a decade or two.