X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=README.PATENTS;h=535c825fe525cf0ea7aa539daf1d9e466761d920;hb=388ff0b076430b4fbcf5cf30575a304def28bf2d;hp=1e09003ec7244038fae8c7afb5e57702a346e7dc;hpb=651d0aff98d28e2db146afa1790e9e22f3ef22db;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git diff --git a/README.PATENTS b/README.PATENTS index 1e09003ec7..535c825fe5 100644 --- a/README.PATENTS +++ b/README.PATENTS @@ -1,10 +1,18 @@ +Various companies hold various patents for various algorithms in +various locations around the world. YOU are responsible for ensuring +that your use of any algorithms is legel 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. + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + RSA Data Security holds software patents on the RSA and RC5 algorithms. -If there ciphers are used used inside the USA (and Japan?), you must contact +If their ciphers are used used inside the USA (and Japan?), you must contact RSA Data Security for licencing conditions. Their web page is http://www.rsa.com RC4 is a trademark of RSA Data Security, so use of this label should perhaps -only me used with RSA Data Security's permission. +only be used with RSA Data Security's permission. The IDEA algorithm is patented by Ascom in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA.