Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:57:51 -0500 From: Christopher Nehren <apeiron@comcast.net> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: FreeBSD-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Last sentence in md5(1) is a bit misleading Message-ID: <1047344271.3393.22.camel@prophecy> In-Reply-To: <b67kb6ycvx.kb6@localhost.localdomain> References: <1047333408.1687.28.camel@prophecy> <b67kb6ycvx.kb6@localhost.localdomain>
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--=-23vzUveM+eDwDOLNMpxa Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 19:18, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:=20 > 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. I agree that, generally speaking, it's not too difficult to see the intended meaning. My aim was to eliminate any possible amiguity -- the usage of the passive voice was pure happenstance. =3D) > 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: >=20 > Copyright (C) 1990-2, RSA Data Security, Inc. Created 1990. > All rights reserved. >=20 > If that is still valid, the acknowledgment seems invalid. Frankly speaking, I wasn't aware that the issue to which I was referring ma= y not even be valid. Next time I'll investigate, heh. > nobody here knows for sure, you might ask on -chat or -hackers. Will do, thanks for the idea. > 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. Understood, and thanks again. --=-23vzUveM+eDwDOLNMpxa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+bTSPUdqurN0fljsRAoKpAJ97zGPAfZos57hgHDoW5fE47XAtiwCgsSnc 1xQvfqy/T4+jL5qUQenFkXc= =5FRL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-23vzUveM+eDwDOLNMpxa-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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