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Date:      Sat, 19 Feb 2000 22:15:21 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        "Victor A. Salaman" <salaman@teknos.com>
Cc:        Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: openssl in -current 
Message-ID:  <40915.951027321@zippy.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Feb 2000 01:47:44 -0400." <1D45ABC754FB1E4888E508992CE97E4F059CE6@teknos.teknos.com> 

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> Don't remove OpenSSL from the three... put the whole thing there, the whole
> openssl distro in the tree. The problem with the patent is not that you
> CAN'T get the software, the problem is that you can't build with it and use
> it. But nobody said that you can't have it in the system. It's up to the
> USA_RESIDENT variable that RSAREF would be built (over the net). The only
> thing we would need to do is modify sysinstall if you are a USA resident
> with a disclaimer screen. That way we put the responsability onto the user,
> not the FreeBSD group.

The questions which aren't being answered here are "what use is OpenSSL
without RSA" and "are we really providing anything of value if we stop
short of providing a complete out-of-box solution?"

- Jordan


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