This may be related to the fact RSA has a patent expiring this September. Bill Rebey wrote: > I just got off the phone with, among others, John Riley at RSA. He's > claiming things like (paraphrased): > > "It's flat out illegal to use OpenSSL for Commercial purposes" > "Even if you use OpenSSL, it still uses RSA technologies that you have to > pay royalties for (regardless whether it uses RSA encryption or not)" > "We own EAY, thus we own SSLeay/OpenSSL" > > He's leaning on us to pay $70K up front, plus $636 in royalty fees for every > copy of our product that we sell!! > > Can anyone clarify any of this for me? > > Is there another group that I should mail to that would be a more > appropriate or authoritative audience for such legal questions? > > Thanks again, > > Bill Rebey > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Rebey > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 4:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Legality > > Hi all, > > Assuming I ever get OpenSSL figured out and working, I need to know about > the legality of using OpenSSL. > > I am using it in a Commercial product. > > What can and can't I use? I control both the client and server, so the > brand of encryption that I use is not important. What's far more important > is that I avoid using anything that requires licensing, royalties, fees, > etc. > > Is there a definitive source for this information somewhere? > > Thanks for any help you can offer, > > Bill Rebey > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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