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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>,
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Subject: Re: Trouble installing xpdf port in 3.4-stable
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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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    on a penguin's face forever.
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