Allow verification of other types than DATA.

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- OpenSSL 0.9.5a  1 Apr 2000
+ OpenSSL 0.9.7-dev 24 Sep 2000
 
  Copyright (c) 1998-2000 The OpenSSL Project
  Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
      X.509v3 certificates
         X509 encoding/decoding into/from binary ASN1 and a PEM
-             based ascii-binary encoding which supports encryption with a
+             based ASCII-binary encoding which supports encryption with a
              private key.  Program to generate RSA and DSA certificate
              requests and to generate RSA and DSA certificates.
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
  locations around the world. _YOU_ are responsible for ensuring that your use
  of any algorithms is legal by checking if there are any patents in your
  country.  The file contains some of the patents that we know about or are
- rumoured to exist. This is not a definitive list.
+ rumored to exist. This is not a definitive list.
 
  RSA Security holds software patents on the RC5 algorithm.  If you
  intend to use this cipher, you must contact RSA Security for
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
  only be used with RSA Security's permission. 
 
  The IDEA algorithm is patented by Ascom in Austria, France, Germany, Italy,
- Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA.  They should
- be contacted if that algorithm is to be used, their web page is
+ Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA.  They
+ should be contacted if that algorithm is to be used; their web page is
  http://www.ascom.ch/.
 
  INSTALLATION
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@
  INSTALL.VMS.
 
  Read the documentation in the doc/ directory.  It is quite rough, but it
- lists the functions, you will probably have to look at the code to work out
- how to used them. Look at the example programs.
+ lists the functions; you will probably have to look at the code to work out
+ how to use them. Look at the example programs.
 
  SUPPORT 
  -------
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@
  the string "[PATCH]" in the subject. Please be sure to include a
  textual explanation of what your patch does.
 
+ Note: For legal reasons, contributions from the US can be accepted only
+ if a copy of the patch is sent to crypt@bxa.doc.gov
+
  The preferred format for changes is "diff -u" output. You might
  generate it like this: