Re: CA certificates (was: Re: Mass bug filing: Cryptographic protection against modification)

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>]

Florian Weimer wrote:

<snip>
> I've digged a bit more, and VeriSign actually has a license governing
> the *use* of their certificates (including the root and intermediate
> certificates):
> 
>   <https://www.verisign.com/repository/rpa.html>
> 
> The license seems to violate DFSG §6.  It also fails the Desert Island
> test.
> 

Can we all say:
"EEEEWWWWWW!"

In this case I believe we had better hope that the certificates are not
copyrightable.  I don't think public keys are by any stretch.

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