"Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> http://www.ietf.org/ietf/IPR/RSA-MD-all states >> >> | ... >> | implementations derived from the reference C code in RFC-1319, RFC-1320, >> | and RFC-1321, may be made, used, and sold without license from RSA for >> | any purpose. >> >> This seems to allow relicensing with any license (inclusive GPL), doesn't >> it? > > Yes, but the way it is worded is specific. You may make MD5 implementations > based on the RFC code, used them, and even sell them without license from > RSA. > > HOWEVER: RSA did make an MD5 implementation, This implementation is equal to the reference C code in RFC-1321 (which seems to be GPL compatible accordingly the statement above). > which is under their license (a BSD with advertising style license). If > your code is using that implementation, So the question is, whether code was created by a copy & paste operation or by downloading a C file? Dunno, how I can check which method was used... Enrico _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list
