From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Mar 10 16:19:43 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9C9137B401 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:19:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C66843F75 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:19:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown[12.242.158.67]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with ESMTP id <20030311001940002002jk2oe>; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:19:40 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h2B0IH5F013841; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:18:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id h2B0IAcM013838; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:18:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jojo set sender to swear@attbi.com using -f To: Christopher Nehren Cc: FreeBSD-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Last sentence in md5(1) is a bit misleading References: <1047333408.1687.28.camel@prophecy> From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: 10 Mar 2003 16:18:10 -0800 In-Reply-To: <1047333408.1687.28.camel@prophecy> Message-ID: Lines: 34 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Christopher Nehren writes: > "This program is placed in the public domain for free general use by RSA > Data Security." > > I know that I'm extremely picky for pointing this out, but that sentence > could be interpreted as meaning anyone outside of RSA is unable (legally > or otherwise) to use the program. I think it can only be interpreted as intended or as being self-contradictory, so that one should be able to assume that readers will interprete it as indended. But your version is better, of course. But, IIRC (but I might be confusing it with some other crypto), RSA put their patented idea into the public domain a few weeks before their patent expired. I'm not sure about the status of the copyright on the "program", but the file /usr/src/sbin/md5/md5.c says it is derived from code with this copyright: Copyright (C) 1990-2, RSA Data Security, Inc. Created 1990. All rights reserved. If that is still valid, the acknowledgment seems invalid. If nobody here knows for sure, you might ask on -chat or -hackers. > One more thing. If I notice little things like this in the future, > should I use send-pr, or submit them directly to this list? You should use send-pr (e-mail or web form), but a simple message is better than nothing. Your efforts are much more likely to get results if you use send-pr, generally speaking. Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message