Re: SSH 2 bignum code legal? (fwd)

[Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>]

Anthony C. Zboralski wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: 29 Aug 1998 15:54:22 GMT
> From: Torbjorn Granlund <tege@sophie.matematik.su.se>
> Newsgroups: comp.security.ssh
> Subject: Re: SSH 2 bignum code legal?

[snip]

> We are not disputing anybody's right to implement the algorithms we use in
> GNU MP.  We are also not disputing anybody's right to implement the same
> user interface.  What you did was copying code, sometimes with almost no
> edits, and sometimes with more edits, such as replacing variable names.
> Copyright law makes what you did illegal.  We intend to defend the free
> nature of our implementation by using copyright law.

[snip]

Now this is getting interesting... I hope the LGPL will be enforced. I'm getting
sick of seeing companies stealing code from free software...

Phil.