Hi, I'm also interested in the license status of this code. The Sun convenant was removed for all files but this one. Was this an oversight or was it intended?
If the latter, what is the point of removing the convenant from the other files when this seems to be an inseperable part of the openssl-0.9.8 ECC implementation? -d On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Takurou Saitou wrote: > The other day I contributed the following questions, but do not yet > have an answer. About the particularly following questions, will not > there be a person having you instruct it? > > > In addition, where will a pertinence point of "ECC Code" described in the > > covenant language be? Will it be the whole "openssl/crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c"? > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * In addition, Sun covenants to all licensees who provide a reciprocal > > * covenant with respect to their own patents if any, not to sue under > > * current and future patent claims necessarily infringed by the making, > > * using, practicing, selling, offering for sale and/or otherwise > > * disposing of the ECC Code as delivered hereunder (or portions thereof), > > * provided that such covenant shall not apply: > > * 1) for code that a licensee deletes from the ECC Code; > > ^^^^^^^^ > > * 2) separates from the ECC Code; or > > ^^^^^^^^ > > * 3) for infringements caused by: > > * i) the modification of the ECC Code or > > ^^^^^^^^ > > * ii) the combination of the ECC Code with other software or > > ^^^^^^^^ > > * devices where such combination causes the infringement. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Thanks! > > Takurou Saitou. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Takurou Saitou > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 8:14 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: the Sun covenant language > > > > > > Hi, > > > > The Sun covenant language is deleted for the following files before, > > > > openssl/apps/ecparam.c > > openssl/apps/speed.c > > openssl/crypto/bn/bn.h > > openssl/crypto/bn/bntest.c > > openssl/crypto/ec/ec.h > > openssl/crypto/ec/ec2_mult.c > > openssl/crypto/ec/ec2_smpl.c > > openssl/crypto/ec/ec_curve.c > > openssl/crypto/ec/ec_cvt.c > > openssl/crypto/ec/ec_lcl.h > > openssl/crypto/ec/ectest.c > > openssl/crypto/ecdh/ecdh.h > > openssl/crypto/ecdh/ecdhtest.c > > openssl/crypto/ecdh/ech_key.c > > openssl/crypto/ecdh/ech_lib.c > > openssl/crypto/ecdh/ech_ossl.c > > openssl/crypto/ecdsa/ecdsatest.c > > openssl/crypto/engine/tb_ecdh.c > > openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c > > openssl/ssl/s3_lib.c > > openssl/ssl/s3_srvr.c > > openssl/ssl/tls1.h > > > > (CVS COMMIT MAIL) > > http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=8610 > > > > the covenant language is not deleted about "openssl/crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c". > > Will there be the circumstances that cannot delete the covenant language? > > > > In addition, where will a pertinence point of "ECC Code" described in the > > covenant language be? Will it be the whole "openssl/crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c"? > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * In addition, Sun covenants to all licensees who provide a reciprocal > > * covenant with respect to their own patents if any, not to sue under > > * current and future patent claims necessarily infringed by the making, > > * using, practicing, selling, offering for sale and/or otherwise > > * disposing of the ECC Code as delivered hereunder (or portions thereof), > > * provided that such covenant shall not apply: > > * 1) for code that a licensee deletes from the ECC Code; > > ^^^^^^^^ > > * 2) separates from the ECC Code; or > > ^^^^^^^^ > > * 3) for infringements caused by: > > * i) the modification of the ECC Code or > > ^^^^^^^^ > > * ii) the combination of the ECC Code with other software or > > ^^^^^^^^ > > * devices where such combination causes the infringement. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Thanks. > > > > Takurou Saitou > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > > Development Mailing List [email protected] > > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > Development Mailing List [email protected] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
