GnuTLS missing SRP functions

Tom "spot" Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com
Wed Dec 12 12:23:37 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 11:11 +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:

> There are questions about whether the SRP code really infringes on any 
> patent.  And as an example Debian's GnuTLS ships with the SRP functions 
> intact.

I consulted with RH Legal on this one not too long ago, and they
confirmed that we should not be shipping SRP in anything.

Debian isn't a good reference example for patent compliance, keep in
mind that they still ship mp3.

~spot




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