Re: SSH never free

[Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>]

On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 10:06:24AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:

> They use libssl, which begs the question why isn't libssl in
> non-US/non-free?

i thought that only copyright/license and *not* patent issues determined
whether we considered something to be free or non-free.

e.g. libssl is completely free software in the free world, but
encumbered by a patent problem in the world's favourite police state.

craig

PS: the RSA patent expires in 2001 (or is it 2002?), anyway.

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craig sanders