On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Andrew Gillham wrote:

> > Right. Please excuse me. I'm anxious to see this issue finally laid to rest.
> 
> After waiting years, we can all wait another 12 days before we do anything.
> When the patent officially expires _it doesn't matter_ what RSA (the company)
> says about it anymore.

No, I want it all now!

Seriously, the time-table for NetBSD-1.5 didn't allow much time for
RSA integration (and pkgsrc wasn't considered). RSA's gift is a great
opportunity to resolve this now, and get the release out on time.