On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, jharris wrote:
> I can use just about any md5 code you want to check in.. it seems all of
> the md5 librarys use a similar api.. init/update/finish. They only reason
> I picked this code was it was small, correct, and the license has almost
> no restrictions.
According to Dr. Deutsch, the license is the same as the one used by zlib,
and is therefore GPL compatible. We should be able to add it to the
distribution without any changes. I'll commit your patch this evening
unless someone beats me to it.
>
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, dheitmueller wrote:
>
> >
> > I was going to push in a GPL version of MD5 next week (ported from Samba). You could potentially do the same and that would eliminate the license issue (or you can wait a couple of days for my commit).
> >
> > -Devin
> >
> > Quoting jharris <jharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > >
> > > Here is the source forge page where this md5 code is maintained
> > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42360
> > > The license is called bsd-like..
> > > IANAL, but the only requirement I see in the license is that it must not
> > > be represented as an orignal work. If the GPL is a requirement, it
> > > should
> > > be allowed, there is no clause about relicensing. Really I dont care
> > > which implentation of md5 is used.. I just needed one and didnt want to
> > > rely on a system provided one.. aka openssl or libmd. As for the
> > > file rename, if thats the only problem can make the changes and another
> > > patch.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Joerg Mayer wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 02:29:37AM -0800, jharris wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is a patch to decrypt radius user passwords. You will need to
> > > know
> > > > > the shared secret and put that in the radius proto prefs. This is
> > > my
> > > > > first whack at a ethereal patch.. so put the flame throwers on low
> > > if
> > > > > there is a huge problem with the code.
> > > >
> > > > I haven't looked at your code itself, but noticed a few formal
> > > problems:
> > > > md5.[hc] should be named crypt-md5.[hc]. Also, I'm wondering whether
> > > the
> > > > license of the md5.[hc] files is "upgradeable" to GPL, it not, then we
> > > > have a licens conflict.
> > > >
> > > > ciao
> > > > Jörg
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Joerg Mayer
> > > <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > I found out that "pro" means "instead of" (as in proconsul). Now I
> > > know
> > > > what proactive means.
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> > > -- James Harris
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> > Devin Heitmueller
> > Senior Software Engineer
> > Netilla Networks Inc
> >
> >
>
> -- James Harris
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