looks like a cut&paste error

[openssl.git] / README

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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
- 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
@@ -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