Anonymous wrote:
>
> Jeffrey Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > These changes make it easier to configure OpenSSL on Windows.
> >
> > crypto/x509/x509_def.c:
> > 67c68,71
> > ...
>
> Jeff has stated on the mailing list that he's a U.S. citizen.
> What happens now? The changes have been submitted by a U.S. person.
> Is it verboten to put them in? Or do they have to be provably
> independently discovered? Hmm... a denial of service attack against
> open source.
The changes were not to crypto source, so I don't believe there is any
problem with them.
If someone were to post patches that are thought to be unexportable,
well, I guess they'd have to be re-engineered. I hope no-one does that.
Cheers,
Ben.
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