Hi Zooko, Rather than strip it out, how about a #define: INCLUDE_INCUMBERED or similar. This way, Crypto++ does not loose features, and folks such as yourself can choose to gut the encumbered algorithms.
Jeff On 6/5/09, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Folks: > > I'm trying to get pycryptopp and Tahoe-LAFS into Fedora, and one tiny > little detail that I have to work-around is that MARS is patented. > Fedora already includes a version of Crypto++ 5.6.0 with mars.cpp > stripped out, so the only reason I even have to be aware of this > detail is that I included a copy of Crypto++ v5.6.0 inside the > pycryptopp source distribution, and now I suppose I need to remove > mars.cpp from that embedded copy. > > Anyway, I was thinking that it might be nice to let Crypto++ be more > easily/more widely re-used by removing mars.cpp from the Crypto++ > upstream. I've never heard of anyone using MARS cipher, personally. > Have you? > > Regards, > > Zooko > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" Google Group. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]. More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at http://www.cryptopp.com. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
