On Jul 29, 2008, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> No, RSAREF couldn't have been modified.  It had restricted
> distribution and everyone had to get their own copy.

http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/browse_thread/thread/ecc4d4ff360019e/b3dbb6f89144b706?lnk=st&q=gnu.misc.discuss+ripem#b3dbb6f89144b706

http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/crypt/cryptography/rpem/ripem/
http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/crypt/cryptography/rpem/ripem/README
http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/crypt/cryptography/rpem/ripem/rsaref/


There is indeed a lot of conflicting information out there, and the
files above are older than the discussion, but the point stands that
some piece of software could only be distributed under the GPL, and by
people who had accepted a patent license that prevented them from
doing just that, regardless of any copyright license
incompatibilities.

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