This one time, at band camp, Sergei Golovan said: > On 1/3/07, Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >lib/erl_interface/src/misc/md5.c in the erlang source package contains > >code where no right is given to distribute derivative works. See > >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=340538 for a similar > >bug with some suggested alternative implementations. > > I've sent email to upstream authors with a question about the license. > Unfortunately, the email address [EMAIL PROTECTED], which is mentioned in > RFC 1321, and which sould be used for questions about RSA referense > implementations, doesn't work anymore. > > BTW, I suspect that very many sowtware products use this reference > implementations of MD5 (and probably not only MD5).
Yes, many do. It's also not immediately clear to me that this is under a non-free license. I agree that it could be better worded, but that's not quite the same thing. Take care, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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