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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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Subject: SHA, MD, and openssl
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I see that Emacs got support for SHA/MD checksums from openssl.
However, isn't it true that openssl has some legal "issues" with
patents and with its license, and shouldn't we prefer libnettle for
those reasons?