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- 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.
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