On October 7, 2003 01:49 pm, Jeroen wrote:
> Does OpenSSL still have Sun's non-free ECC cryptography?
The copyright note in the ECC header file, ./crypto/ec/ec.h, should put
your mind at ease. I won't get into the "what is non-free" debate, but
would rather simply make the comment that I'd be distinctly more
concerned about dancing around in patent minefields than having conflicts
over source code licensing when it comes to running elliptic curve
technology. Then again IANAL, and I don't use ECC knowingly anyway.
However, for your peace of mind, here's the clipping from that header
file.
/* ====================================================================
* Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
*
* Portions of the attached software ("Contribution") are developed by
* SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., and are contributed to the OpenSSL project.
*
* The Contribution is licensed pursuant to the OpenSSL open source
* license provided above.
*
* The elliptic curve binary polynomial software is originally written by
* Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila of Sun Microsystems
Laboratories.
*
*/
> I've contacted the maintainer. He didn't find references in the code
> nor heard about it.
A grep on "Sun" or "SUN" would have turned this up easy, or are you
dealing with an older version?
Cheers,
Geoff
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