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To: Ben Mesander <ben@timing.com>
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Subject: Re: sbin/md5 license problem 
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In message <200506211948.j5LJm60r000859@piglet.timing.com>, Ben Mesander writes
:
>All,
>
>  I have been researching the license found on sbin/md5/md5.c . This
>file is the command-line wrapper for functionality found in libmd.

>The CVS log for the initial commit to the FreeBSD vendor branch (can
>be viewed via:
>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/md5/md5.c ) says:
>
>"Incorproate version of md5 placed into public domain by RSA."
>
>But the license text in this commit is identical to the above, and
>is clearly not public domain.

I retained the exact source file to avoid any risk of introducing
bugs.

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