Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 00:57:04 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Importing OpenSSL Message-ID: <19991204005703.A3903@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912040014320.37594-100000@hub.freebsd.org>; from kris@hub.freebsd.org on Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 12:21:07AM -0800 References: <35418.944292664@zippy.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912040014320.37594-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Last time I raised this, a few people expressed concerns about their > mirrors carrying patented code which might cause them legal issues, NO. There are not patent problems until you *USE* the code. The issue is the export of encryption from the US. That is the concern with RSA and IDEA. You will probably need to import RSA, IDEA, etc the same way we do DES. In a separate area, and then have Internat.FreeBSD.org import it also. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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