Re: Intent to package: lynx-ssl, ftp-ssl, telnet-ssl

[Christoph Martin <martin@uni-mainz.de>]

ed-ferguson@ti.com writes:
 > > There are ssl patches for lynx available and I'll try to build a
 > > debian package using the current debian lynx package.
 > 
 > How about also releasing a version of SSLeay package that is linked
 > against the RSAREF library so the various SSL clients can be used in
 > the US without infringing the RSA patent?  

There is a problem with this.

As it is not allowed to export RSAREF from the US, I have no chance to
legally build a version of ssleay linked against RSAREF. Someone
inside the US could do so, but then again he would not be allowed to
put it on a public ftp-server, because it can not be exported.

Christoph