license question

2006-08-22 Thread Ryan Shon
Originally I sent this letter to [EMAIL PROTECTED], as indicated by the license file, but I never got a response. Hopefully you in openssl-users can help. I work for nFocal, a company in Rochester, New York. We want to develop a variant of OpenSSL in which we optimize the cryptography library

Re: license question

2006-08-22 Thread Ryan Shon
Richard Koenning wrote: Ryan Shon wrote: In particular, we are unclear as to what redistribution rights the OpenSSL license would grant to customers who purchase our OpenSSL variant. Would they be allowed to redistribute our optimized library? The license enumerates the conditions which

related license question

2006-08-22 Thread Ryan Shon
Thank you for the clarification. What you have said makes sense, but I am still a little unclear on what is meant by redistribution and products derived from [OpenSSL]. Presumably, a program, e.g. a web browser, could be written which uses OpenSSL (whether through linking to the libraries or by

what exactly is the threads option to Configure for?

2006-08-21 Thread Ryan Shon
I am trying to decide whether building OpenSSL with threads option is appropriate or not for my particular situation. The Configure script says that the option tr[ies] to create a library that is suitable for multithreaded applications. How exactly are the libraries created to be suitable for

modifying Configure to build for Blackfin 537 DSP using VisualDSP++ compiler

2006-08-17 Thread Ryan Shon
I am attempting to build OpenSSL for the Analog Devices Blackfin 537 digital signal processing chip using the VisualDSP++ compiler, also from Analog Devices. I have been studying the Configure script, and I would be appreciative of any advice you could give. I especially would like help