Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review
From: Arash Partow (arash_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-10 00:07:49
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.