Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> I'm in the process of importing OpenSSL into FreeBSD, and have struck an
> oddity in the case of building with RSARef - it seems as if all of the
> regular RSA code is compiled into libcrypto.a using the openssl build
> infrastructure and is available for use, and there are just some extra
> functions compiled in as well which the "proper" wrapper API diverts into
> to use rsaref. Can't someone just still call RSA_eay_private_decrypt() and
> friends directly, and if so, doesn't this violate the patent restrictions?
Not sure whether its true or not, but so what? We don't have to
_enforce_ the patent, just provide a way to not violate it, right?
Cheers,
Ben.
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