Hi Mats,
If you use RSAREF, which is RSA's non-commercial release of their
toolkit, you can distribute it for free in the US. Otherwise, it
breaks US patent laws.
Unfortunately, I don't think RSAREF is available in java :( but you
can always wait until the patent runs out this year ;) I believe it's
officially October.
Since it's GPL, I don't know if that changes anything. I'm going to
ask some legal people I know and see what they say..
-AC
Mats Andersson enscribed:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I have done an alternative SSH-client in java (MindTerm). I got a reminder
> via email that it may be unlawful to use this code in the US. Also, that
> the GPL states that if there are any patents involved in a product the
> copyright-holder (me I guess) MAY put restrictions on distribution-area.
> Does anybody know how one best handles this (i.e. GPL with "RSA inside")?
> I thought RSA lets people use the algorithm without license for
> non-commercial use, is this true?. Also, the rsa-ref stuff which I gather
> can be used without a license, is it available in java? Also, what is the
> duty for me as the "distributor" of an "RSA-using" bunch of code (given
> GPL)? Should I just give in and stop distributing my stuff to be sure
> nobody gets angry or what?
>
> Cheers,
>
> /Mats
>
>
>
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