Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 09:55 +0100 1999-10-01, Philip Hands wrote: > >James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> OpenBSD have started working on the last free SSH (1.2.12 was under a > >> DFSG free license AFAICT[1]), they also, (again AFAICT [I'm going by > >> the CVS commits]), are ripping out the patented algrothims (IDEA, > >> etc.). Unfortunately, I'm chronically busy with work and haven't had > >> time to look into it, but all the signs look very good (they appear to > >> have added it as part of their base system, for example). > > > >Damn, I thought I knew ssh had been free at one point, but when I > >noticed the non-free license in the late teens, I obviously failed > >to go back far enough to find the free version. I'll probably end > >up calling the new package ssh-free > > Note that OpenBSD is also ripping out support for pretty much any > other other OS as they go, and using library functions that are > OpenBSD-specific.
That's a slight over-exaggeration, but they are ripping out for ancient non-POSIX OSes. I doubt it'll be too much work to get it too work on Linux... -- James