Sun donates elliptic curve code to OpenSSL?

[Bodo Moeller]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 04:43:29PM +0200, Markus Friedl wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 01:41:36PM +0200, Bodo Moeller wrote:

>> [...]                          The default configuration does not
>> require you to accept Sun's conditions.

> But the source code files contains these additional clauses.  They are
> not liked to preprocessor symbols.

The Sun copyright notice does not contain any additional clauses that
you are bound by.  The additional clauses apply only to those who
provide a reciprocal covenant.  You don't have to do this if you
compile the library in the default configuration.

*If* you accept the conditions, then you should fgrep for 'Sun
covenants' to find all files containing some of 'the ECC Code' covered
by the covenant.  Assume that you have a patent on some algorithm in
crypto/ec/ec2_smpl.c.  Sun lets you use their patented algorithm in
crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c (not compiled in by default!) only if you let them
use your algorihtm in crypto/ec/ec2_smpl.c.


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