Re: SSH never free

1999-10-06 Thread Richard Stallman
Does the GPL allow redistribution of deriviate works under a license with a rename if certain changes are made clause? No, it does not. However, it might be worth while for us to make a specific exception to permit linking GMP with that code. The benefits could be great, and the

Re: SSH never free

1999-10-06 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Richard Stallman wrote: Does the GPL allow redistribution of deriviate works under a license with a rename if certain changes are made clause? No, it does not. Out of curiosity, why not? Wichert. --

Re: SSH never free

1999-10-05 Thread Seth David Schoen
Wichert Akkerman writes: Previously Ben Pfaff wrote: The TSS encryption algorithm implementation in tss.c is copyright Timo Rinne and Cirion Oy. It is used with permission, and permission has been given for anyone to use it for any purpose as part of ssh. This violates the

Re: SSH never free

1999-10-05 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 11:18:03PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Ben Pfaff wrote: The TSS encryption algorithm implementation in tss.c is copyright Timo Rinne and Cirion Oy. It is used with permission, and permission has been given for anyone to use it for any

Re: SSH never free

1999-10-05 Thread Henning Makholm
Raul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 12:18:25AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: Does the GPL allow redistribution of deriviate works under a license with a rename if certain changes are made clause? The GPL requires that you include prominent notices stating that you

Re: SSH never free

1999-10-04 Thread Seth David Schoen
Brian Ristuccia writes: On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 09:18:27PM -0600, Richard Stallman wrote: It looks like that version of ssh really was free software. I am surprised. Patent issues still make it not free for most people in the US. For less than a year, if they use RSA plus Blowfish.

Re: SSH never free

1999-10-04 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Ben Pfaff wrote: The TSS encryption algorithm implementation in tss.c is copyright Timo Rinne and Cirion Oy. It is used with permission, and permission has been given for anyone to use it for any purpose as part of ssh. This violates the DFSG. Wichert. --

Re: SSH never free

1999-10-04 Thread Henning Makholm
Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] quotes the ssh-1.2.0 license: Any derived versions of this software must be clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is incompatible with the protocol description in the RFC file, it must be called by a name other than ssh or Secure Shell.

Re: SSH never free

1999-10-01 Thread Ben Pfaff
[Note: I'm moving this to the debian-legal list.] Richard Stallman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am pretty sure that SSH was never free software. Could you show me the license on the version that they started with? I don't know what version they started with. However, the COPYING file