On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 06:09:44PM -0800, Doug Kaufman wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 10:54:13AM -0800, Doug Kaufman wrote: > > > When you release the new binary package, will your build exclude the > > > patented algorithms, so that it can be used without purchasing a > > > license in countries which recognize software patents such as the US? > > > Doug > > > > "purchasing a license"? I fear I don't understand. We have informed > > the BXA about offering OpenSSL on our site so what are you asking? > > I'm not a US citizen, perhaps that's the reason... > > At least two of the algorithms used in openssl are subject to patents > [...]
Thanks for the heads up. I got some additional feedback about these algorithms so I'm going to release 0.9.6c for Cygwin without IDEA, RC5 and MDC2. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Developer Red Hat, Inc. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]