Quoting Florian Weimer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > * Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > > >> Why non-free? The code is available under a DFSG-free copyright > >> license. > > > > The one I have here isn't, but if you have one that is entirely DFSG-free, > > that's much better. > > An older version is available from: > > <http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/security/gnupg/idea.c>
(Hey, that's my living room. ;-> ) Although idea.c copyright holder Werner Koch licenses his copyright under BSD terms, the header details Ascom AG's patent licence terms (free of charge for non-commercial use). As others have said, it's solely the patent that's the problem -- but that patent makes the code non-free in all countries where the patent still has force: I'm pretty sure that's just about everywhere. Patent expires in 2011, by the way. (Possibly a bit later in some places. There were filings in at least the USA, European Patent Office, and Japan, to my knowledge.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
