From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: SHA, MD, and openssl Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:11:35 +0200 Message-ID: <83iouzyrnc.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83mwkbyw6v.fsf@gnu.org> <52A4DE34.7060407@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1386537117 10625 80.91.229.3 (8 Dec 2013 21:11:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 21:11:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 08 22:11:59 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vpldq-0001Wp-KB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 22:11:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40802 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vpldq-0001Ra-5j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:11:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57808) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vpldi-0001RP-7V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:11:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vpldd-0000u5-2E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:11:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:40528) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vpldc-0000ty-QJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:11:40 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MXI00M00ADADN00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:11:39 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MXI00MJ2AVF4Q90@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:11:39 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <52A4DE34.7060407@cs.ucla.edu> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:166216 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 13:01:40 -0800 > From: Paul Eggert > CC: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > 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? > > I'm not aware of any patent issues for SHA or MD5. I meant openssl as a whole. > As for as license, Emacs is linking against a library > that is normally distributed with the major components of > the operating system, so that part of the GPL applies. What about systems where openssl is not normally present out of the box? Aren't we encouraging people to install it?