On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 09:23:07 +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Andres Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I'm not sure how to interpret this; I'm not familiar enough w/ SRP-Z. Is >> this a different algorithm, such that the source would need to be >> significantly modified (such that SRP-Z is essentially a separate thing, >> convered by its own license; converting SRP-3 to SRP-Z is just as >> difficult as converting openssh to SRP-Z)? Is this merely a layer on top >> of SRP-3 (thereby restricting a derived work, and making it >> DFSG-incompatible)? > > If you take that argument to its "logical conclusion" then no software > is DFSG-free, because patents restrict all derived works. (Given any > free software, it is possible to modify it so that it infringes some > patent that is being actively enforced; therefore no free software can > be freely modified.)
Exactly, which is why I'm wondering how different SRP-Z is..
