On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 10:25:03AM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: > OpenBSD project: > > "All proprietary code in the original distribution was replaced, along > with some libraries burdened with the restrictive GNU Public License > (GPL). Much of of the actual cryptographic code was replaced by calls > to the crypto libraries built into OpenBSD. The source code is now > completely freely re-useable, and vendors are encouraged to re-use it > if they need ssh functionality." They're just zealots... just like us, but a slightly different set of ideals. FYI, the GPL'd code that was removed was the DES code. That had to be removed anyway to integrate with OpenBSD's crypto API. I think it's funny that it's mentioned as a separate thing, but it was really removed for functionality, not because of anything else. -Dan -- "... the most serious problems in the Internet have been caused by unenvisaged mechanisms triggered by low-probability events; mere human malice would never have taken so devious a course!" - RFC 1122 section 1.2.2
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