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- OpenSSL 0.9.5a-beta2  23 Mar 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
@@ -99,17 +99,16 @@
  country.  The file contains some of the patents that we know about or are
  rumoured to exist. This is not a definitive list.
 
- RSA Data Security holds software patents on the RSA and RC5 algorithms.  If
- their ciphers are used used inside the USA (and Japan?), you must contact RSA
- Data Security for licensing conditions. Their web page is
- http://www.rsa.com/.
+ RSA Security holds software patents on the RC5 algorithm.  If you
+ intend to use this cipher, you must contact RSA Security for
+ licensing conditions. Their web page is http://www.rsasecurity.com/.
 
- RC4 is a trademark of RSA Data Security, so use of this label should perhaps
- only be used with RSA Data Security's permission. 
+ RC4 is a trademark of RSA Security, so use of this label should perhaps
+ 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
@@ -119,12 +118,9 @@
  a Win32 platform, read the INSTALL.W32 file.  For OpenVMS systems, read
  INSTALL.VMS.
 
- For people in the USA, it is possible to compile OpenSSL to use RSA Inc.'s
- public key library, RSAREF, by configuring OpenSSL with the option "rsaref".
-
  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 
  -------
@@ -167,6 +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:
 
@@ -174,4 +173,4 @@
  # [your changes]
  # ./Configure dist; make clean
  # cd ..
- # diff -urN openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch
+ # diff -ur openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch