-Red Hat Linux 7.0 and following versions already have a limited version of
-openssl already installed. This may well apply to other Linux distributions
-also. This version does not have support for the IDEA, RC5 and MDC-2
-algorithms as these are patented within the United States. For information
-these patent numbers and expiry dates are:
-
-MDC-2: 4,908,861 13/03/2007
-IDEA: 5,214,703 25/05/2010
-RC5: 5,724,428 03/03/2015
-
-However, Europeans and other non-Americans may wish to install all the
-features.
+Red Hat Linux (release 7.0 and later) include a preinstalled limited
+version of OpenSSL. For patent reasons, support for IDEA, RC5 and MDC2
+is disabled in this version. The same may apply to other Linux distributions.
+Users may therefore wish to install more or all of the features left out.