On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 01:29:29PM +0100, Ben Laurie wrote: > Markus Friedl wrote:
>> With this code OpenSSL is turning into a non-free project. > As has been observed elsewhere, the patent stuff only applies if you > make a similar promise to Sun. If you don't want to have Sun not sue you > when you infringe, then don't promise not to sue them. Here's a longer explanation. The Sun code in OpenSSL 0.9.8-dev is available under the OpenSSL license; additionally, you have the *option* to accept the covenant: The ECC Code is licensed pursuant to the OpenSSL open source license provided below. In addition, Sun covenants to all licensees who provide a reciprocal ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ covenant with respect to their own patents if any, not to sue under ^^^^^^^^ current and future patent claims necessarily infringed by the making, using, practicing, selling, offering for sale and/or otherwise disposing of the ECC Code as delivered hereunder (or portions thereof), provided that such covenant shall not apply: [...] That's a defining relative clause. If you are not willing to provide a reciprocal covenant, this has nothing to do with you. You just can't use the stuff patented by Sun, but it's not compiled in by default anyway for exactly this reason. -- Bodo Möller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP http://www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/TI/Mitarbeiter/moeller/0x36d2c658.html * TU Darmstadt, Theoretische Informatik, Alexanderstr. 10, D-64283 Darmstadt * Tel. +49-6151-16-6628, Fax +49-6151-16-6036 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]