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Re: SSH v2 License --- much less free than v1



>>>>> "Philip" == Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> writes:
    Philip> Having read the license (which I attach bellow), I'm not
    Philip> inclined to package it, since I really cannot see many
    Philip> people being able to use it.

    Philip> I'm also not certain that we are allowed to distribute it
    Philip> in binary form.

    Philip> Is this something that worries people, or do you think
    Philip> that we should be packaging SSH v2 ?

I, for one, will *not* be using ssh v2 as that licence prohibits
nearly every activity in which I am engaged.  Does the v1 licence
allow us to support/continue development independently?

-- 
Stephen
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Linux - the Frodo Baggins of Computing.


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