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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:30:59 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: crypt...
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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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