Including of MARS code in cryptopp package

Hi All,

There is IBM implementation of MARS code in cryptopp 5.6.0 an it was removed 
from Fedora cryptopp package.

But SVN 479 version of cryptopp contains mars.cpp that was written and placed 
in the public domain by Wei Dai.

https://cryptopp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cryptopp/trunk/c5/mars.cpp

Can we include this MARS code in Fedora cryptopp package?

Alexey Kurov

[Tom Callaway]

On 12/04/2009 01:38 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> There is IBM implementation of MARS code in cryptopp 5.6.0 an it was removed 
> from Fedora cryptopp package.
>
> But SVN 479 version of cryptopp contains mars.cpp that was written and placed 
> in the public domain by Wei Dai.
>
> https://cryptopp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cryptopp/trunk/c5/mars.cpp
>
> Can we include this MARS code in Fedora cryptopp package?

Well, it depends on where Wei Dai is a citizen. There are many places
where it is not possible to put code into the Public Domain. I've sent
him an email asking for clarification, but until we hear back, we should
hold off on including this code.

~spot

[Tom Callaway]

On 12/05/2009 05:06 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On 12/04/2009 01:38 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > There is IBM implementation of MARS code in cryptopp 5.6.0 an it was removed 
> > from Fedora cryptopp package.
> >
> > But SVN 479 version of cryptopp contains mars.cpp that was written and placed 
> > in the public domain by Wei Dai.
> >
> > https://cryptopp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cryptopp/trunk/c5/mars.cpp
> >
> > Can we include this MARS code in Fedora cryptopp package?
>
> Well, it depends on where Wei Dai is a citizen. There are many places
> where it is not possible to put code into the Public Domain. I've sent
> him an email asking for clarification, but until we hear back, we should
> hold off on including this code.

He's a US citizen, so this code is fine for Fedora.

~spot

> On 12/05/2009 05:06 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> > On 12/04/2009 01:38 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > There is IBM implementation of MARS code in cryptopp 5.6.0 an it was
> > > removed from Fedora cryptopp package.
> > >
> > > But SVN 479 version of cryptopp contains mars.cpp that was written and
> > > placed in the public domain by Wei Dai.
> > >
> > > https://cryptopp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cryptopp/trunk/c5/mars.cpp
> > >
> > > Can we include this MARS code in Fedora cryptopp package?
> >
> > Well, it depends on where Wei Dai is a citizen. There are many places
> > where it is not possible to put code into the Public Domain. I've sent
> > him an email asking for clarification, but until we hear back, we should
> > hold off on including this code.
>
> He's a US citizen, so this code is fine for Fedora.
>
> ~spot

Thank you, spot.

I will build cryptopp svn 479 without removing MARS code
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=143094

for Fedora 11,12 and rawhide when this issue will be resolved
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544358

Alexey