At 14:51 -0700 1999-05-09, Joseph Carter wrote:
On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 05:30:26PM -0700, Joel Klecker wrote:
>Very few stayed in main, but you can check the exact numbers yourself.
Mostly due to SSLeay/OpenSSL being compiled with IDEA support, IIRC.
I am not entirely convinced that it is correct to knock
SSLeay/OpenSSL to non-free merely because of a patent (the holder of
the patent would have us believe it is valid worldwide, which is BS,
since no such thing as a "worldwide software patent" exists).
IDEA isn't non-free. It's covered by a patent.
2.1.4. The non-free section
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`Non-free' contains packages which are not compliant with the DFSG or
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which are encumbered by patents or other legal issues that make their
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distribution problematic.
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