Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:12:08 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: Clifton Royston <cliftonr@lava.net>, EKR <ekr@rtfm.com>, Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble installing xpdf port in 3.4-stable Message-ID: <20000301101208.A31830@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002291810010.30179-100000@hub.freebsd.org>; from Kris Kennaway on Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 06:14:14PM -0800 References: <20000229091635.A23590@lava.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002291810010.30179-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 06:14:14PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Clifton Royston wrote:
> > But isn't there a US patent issue (though it might expire later this
> > year, I believe) preventing distributing or using RSA code inside the
> > US without a license, unless you use RSA's approved reference version?
>
> Yes. Section 6.5 in the handbook attempts to explain the issues, but
> please note that it doesn't describe the current state of OpenSSL in
> FreeBSD 4.0 and will be changing in the next few days to better reflect
> reality.
Please note that the Handbook is primarily targetted (for the moment) at
3.x. If you're planning on adding text that describes how things work
in 4.0/-current, please make sure the distinction is clear.
Thanks,
N
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