Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 18:34:45 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: src code freeze is over for RELENG_4 Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.21.0007281832530.339-100000@armani.yourfit.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007281343450.43548-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
>
> > > Is it worth doing a (non-CD) 4.1.5 release the day after the
> > > patent expires?
> >
> > Why? It's not as if the RSA code is bundled with the system, and
> > to get it into such a state would probably take more than a day.
> > :-)
>
> In fact it should be as simple as removing a whole bunch of makefile
> gunk which is designed to keep RSA *out* of the system at present.
> Most people will already have the source file on their system anyway
> (unless they cvsup from cvsup3, which doesn't carry it) - this was
> one of the changes that went with the crypto repo unification.
>
> It should take no more than 1/2 hour + build testing time :-)
The trouble is (as someone else pointed out), there are still
countries in which private possession of strong crypto is illegal
( (not so)Great Britain comes to mind). If you bundle RSA in with the
base, then there are a whole lot of people (private and commercial)
who will no longer be able to take FreeBSD updates.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (at yourfit.com)
behanna@zbzoom.net
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