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diff --git a/options/license/SSH-OpenSSH b/options/license/SSH-OpenSSH new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2d67608ee7 --- /dev/null +++ b/options/license/SSH-OpenSSH @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland All rights +reserved + +As far as I am concerned, the code I have written for this software can be +used freely for any purpose. Any derived versions of this software must be +clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is incompatible with the protocol +description in the RFC file, it must be called by a name other than "ssh" +or "Secure Shell". + +[Tatu continues] + +However, I am not implying to give any licenses to any patents or copyrights +held by third parties, and the software includes parts that are not under +my direct control. As far as I know, all included source code is used in accordance +with the relevant license agreements and can be used freely for any purpose +(the GNU license being the most restrictive); see below for details. + +[However, none of that term is relevant at this point in time. All of these +restrictively licenced software components which he talks about have been +removed from OpenSSH, i.e., + + - RSA is no longer included, found in the OpenSSL library + + - IDEA is no longer included, its use is deprecated + + - DES is now external, in the OpenSSL library + + - GMP is no longer used, and instead we call BN code from OpenSSL + + - Zlib is now external, in a library + + - The make-ssh-known-hosts script is no longer included + + - TSS has been removed + + - MD5 is now external, in the OpenSSL library + + - RC4 support has been replaced with ARC4 support from OpenSSL + + - Blowfish is now external, in the OpenSSL library + +[The licence continues] + +Note that any information and cryptographic algorithms used in this software +are publicly available on the Internet and at any major bookstore, scientific +library, and patent office worldwide. More information can be found e.g. at +"http://www.cs.hut.fi/crypto". + +The legal status of this program is some combination of all these permissions +and restrictions. Use only at your own responsibility. You will be responsible +for any legal consequences yourself; I am not making any claims whether possessing +or using this is legal or not in your country, and I am not taking any responsibility +on your behalf. + +NO WARRANTY + +BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE +PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE +STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM +"AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, +BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS +FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE +OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME +THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. + +IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL +ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE +THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY +GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE +OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA +OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES +OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH +HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. |