Ian Lynagh wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes > >Ian Lynagh writes: > >> So is it free or non-free? > > > >If the algorithm isn't patented you can do what ever you want with it, > >regardless of what the inventor says. > > OK, that just leaves two questions answered - is srp or SHA non-US > and what do I put in the copyright file?
I don't know what srp does. SHA is a hashing algorithm, like MD5, so it's not export-restricted unless you do encryption with it. In the copyright file, I would copy the text in the license that mentions it (I forgot which one it was), and then add the text you got from the author, and add a note that the Debian Project does not believe that protocols are copyrightable in the first place. Richard Braakman
