On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 17:12 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I don't believe the clarification at > > http://www.ietf.org/ietf/IPR/RSA-MD-all technically grants the right to > > distribute modified versions of the reference implementation code; it > > goes on to say: "No rights other than the ones explicitly set forth > > above are granted." > > And among the rights explicitly set forth above is: > > "Implementations of these message-digest algorithms, including > 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." > > Notice the explicit inclusion of derivative works in the rights grant.
But not the right to distribution... "selling" might count, just about. Replacing the code would also get rid of one of the advertising clauses, and the problems you noted in the previous bug about vagueness of terms. -- Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
