I'm thinking we should throw a huge party the 20th of september. I'll rent
the hall if everyone brings drinks.
Chris
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On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Mat Butler wrote:
> RSA hired the two people who primarily worked on SSLeay. The licensing
> terms of SSLeay specifically state that the license can't be changed from
> the free-use distribution license that the owners put it under (granted,
> this can be changed IF the owners change it, but older copies that are
> still floating around on the 'net under the old distribution scheme are
> still under the old distribution scheme), which basically requires
> acknowledgement of the original authorship.
>
> The only technology that RSA owns, and can refuse to license, is the RSA
> cryptosystem. And they will not have the right to prevent anyone from
> using it after 20Sep2000 (it was granted on 20Sep1983, and it goes for 17
> years, which means it ends on 19Sep2000 -- but an extra day of waiting
> isn't going to be a bad thing, if it keeps lawyers off your back).
>
> Personally, I'd file this under the 'claiming slavery via stupidity'
> heading. That particular person has not a clue.
>
> -Mat Butler
>
> On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Chris J. DiBona wrote:
>
> > Welcome to the world of RSA Legal, when I was with Tandem they put us
> > through the ringer. I'd let your lawyer handle a polite yet firm reply
> > explaining the issues to RSA. Also, being served is fun!
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > --
> > Linux Community Evangelist, VA Linux Systems | http://www.valinux.com
> > President, Silicon Valley Linux Users Group | http://www.svlug.org
> > Grant Chair, Linux International. | http://www.li.org
> > Co-editor, Open Sources | http://www.dibona.com
> >
> > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, William H. Geiger III wrote:
> >
> > > "It's flat out illegal to use OpenSSL for Commercial purposes" "Even if
> > > you use OpenSSL, it still uses RSA technologies that you have to pay
> > > royalties for (regardless whether it uses RSA encryption or not)" "We own
> > > EAY, thus we own SSLeay/OpenSSL"
> >
>
