On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 10:39:10AM -0500, Dave Neuer wrote:
> >Another option - puchase the RedHat secure server for $149, and throw it
> away (retaining the license, of course). That way, you WOULD be legal with
> openssl.
> >
>
> [...]
> I feel I must repeat, "I AM NOT A LAWYER." However, I'd suggest anyone
> adhering to the idea that licensing a particular RSA implementation gives
> them any rights to the algorithm itself go get one, because they may ending
> needing his/her service in court. September 2000 can't come soon enough.
Well, I am a lawyer, and your conclusions are correct. The "buy one
product and throw it away but 'keep the license'" theory is attractive
but DOES NOT WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. If it did, there'd be no reason
to buy any product at all - you could just use the license from a copy
of Netscape or IE browsers, available for free, to legitimize your
RSA/OpenSSL implementation. Does that pass the "common sense test"?
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