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Re: crypt...
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 06:51:41AM +1000, Gareth Pearce wrote:
> the gpl type licensing constraints or something else? (I would of imaginged
> there was some bsd crypt out there that would satisfy the first?) (given the
> level of availability of 56bit DES, I wouldnt of thought it was patent)
AFAIR we were in trouble originally due to the US export problems (sic)
of strong encryptions. Nobody today conciders 56bit DES a strong
encryption but it's just a few years since the export restrictions were
lightened. We were (and still are) careful not to taint Cygwin itself
with export restricted code.
But, after all, PTC, aren't they ;-)
Corinna
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