X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3364f62440ab11ef6464979205d7bf6f23d4a6fa;hp=ecb2614e6dccb584fa3864f92250ce0b50653f99;hb=0cc1115643e690c0c18eb709d34910bc2e980bd8;hpb=24282b87f105be11bfe9c785f8a91c5dfaf26b6d diff --git a/README b/README index ecb2614e6d..3364f62440 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - OpenSSL 0.9.6-dev xx XXX 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 @@ -99,13 +99,12 @@ 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 @@ -119,9 +118,6 @@ 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. @@ -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