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[krbdev.mit.edu #8954] license unclarity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson via RT)
Thu Oct 8 02:26:22 2020
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I think "free distribution and use" was intended to mean (approximately) "you
can freely use and distribute the software" and not "you can distribute the
software if you don't charge for it".
I see that Gladman's current AES code has a license starting with reworded
text:
> The redistribution and use of this software (with or without changes)
is allowed without the payment of fees or royalties provided that:
which I guess could still be said to have unclear applicability of "without the
payment or fees or royalties". But maybe it's a bit clearer. I can look into
updating the code and license.
MIT krb5 can be compiled with the OpenSSL crypto back-end if you want to avoid
building the Gladman AES code. I believe Fedora does this, so it's pretty well
exercised.
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