John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> > 
> > Really?  I'm pretty sure that OpenSSH couldn't use *any* code from 
> > SSH.com.  That's not a fork; that's a complete rewrite.  OpenBSD has had 
> > to do that for a few things.  OpenSSH being one; pf being another.
> 
> OpenSSH forked from the last free release of Tatu Ylonen's ssh. This is
> perfectly legal.

http://www.openssh.com/history.html

  OpenSSH is a derivative of the original free ssh 1.2.12 release from
  Tatu Ylonen. This version was the last one which was free enough for
  reuse by our project. Parts of OpenSSH still bear Tatu's license which
  was contained in that release.

-john


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