# DSS/DSA "patented" - licensing restricted?

Brian Vetter (bjv@motivesoft.com)
Sun, 10 Aug 1997 16:54:30 -0500

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    Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 16:54:30 -0500

    From: Brian Vetter <bjv@motivesoft.com>

    To: java-security@web2.javasoft.com

    Subject: DSS/DSA "patented" - licensing restricted?

Please forgive me if this question has been raised and answered:

I ran across a document that suggested that NIST was/has patented DSS
(ie DSA) and will/had turned the patent over to PKP which would allow
free personal, non-commercial, or government use. Any other use would
require a license with PKP?

If this is really true, then how does this affect the use of DSA in the
JDK? Does this mean to produce a commercial product using the JDK, one
also needs a license agreement with PKP? Or does it limit the access of
the JDK to platform vendors that have agreements in place with PKP?

Brian Vetter
bjv@motivesoft.com

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