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Date:      Thu, 11 Oct 2001 18:48:41 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        "Jeffrey J. Libman" <jeffrl@wantabe.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: openSSL and RSA and licensing requirements
Message-ID:  <20011011184841.B48690@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110111355310.78054-100000@cutter.wantabe.com>; from jeffrl@wantabe.com on Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 01:57:26PM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110111355310.78054-100000@cutter.wantabe.com>

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On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 01:57:26PM -0500, Jeffrey J. Libman wrote:
> i have read that the openSSL with rsaref is only for non commercial
> use in the USA and that a license must be obtained to run SSL here. i
> also have read that the license expires in september of 2000, and that
> after that point the full RSA code was supposed to be added back into the
> freeBSD distribution.=20
>=20
> is this true and has this been done?

Yes, it was done within hours of the patent expiring.

Kris

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