Subject: Re: openssl license change
To: None <tech-security@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Wareham <chris.wareham@iosystems.co.uk>
List: tech-security
Date: 09/24/2002 11:44:00
Robert Elz wrote:
> Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
> 
> > it looks that openssl will have the following copyright boilerplate
> > for the import of elliptic curve code.  therefore it won't meet our
> > "basesrc" requirement, and i guess it won't even fit into "gnusrc".
> > what shall we do about it?  no updates for openssl portion?
> 
> No, assuming that the "OpenSSL open source license provided above" is
> OK (I'm assuming it is without actually checking), then nothing in the
> rest of what's there will bother anyone.
> 

The OpenBSD guys seem to taking it badly. They're planning on forking
the OpenSSL code, and omitting the Sun contributed stuff. See the
following message:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=103280816316720&w=2

Chris
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