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On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Ben Laurie wrote:

> "William H. Geiger III" wrote:
> > I am rather confused as to why Red Hat would go with a closed,
> > proprietary crypto library instead of going with OpenSSL, doesn't
> > seem to be the Linux way.
> 
> Ah, but is Red Hat the Linux way?

Very much so, they have released everything they have written under 
the GPL. Only the Debian people have a better record.

There may be an exception in the case of their "Secure Web Server" 
product, but I believe that is to comply with the export laws and RSA
licensing.

Regards,
Damien Miller

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