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diff --git a/LEGAL/copy/stmts/Andrew_M_Kuchling.mbox b/LEGAL/copy/stmts/Andrew_M_Kuchling.mbox new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0dcb78 --- /dev/null +++ b/LEGAL/copy/stmts/Andrew_M_Kuchling.mbox @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +From dlitz@dlitz.net Sun Nov 23 00:17:22 2008 +Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:17:22 -0500 +From: "Dwayne C. Litzenberger" <dlitz@dlitz.net> +To: "A. M. Kuchling" <amk@amk.ca> +Subject: PyCrypto license clarification +Message-ID: <20081123051722.GA29253@rivest.dlitz.net> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; + protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4" +Content-Disposition: inline +X-Primary-Address: dlitz@dlitz.net +X-Homepage: http://www.dlitz.net/ +X-OpenPGP: url=http://www.dlitz.net/go/gpgkey/; + id=19E11FE8B3CFF273ED174A24928CEC1339C25CF7 (only for key signing); + preference=unprotected +X-OpenPGP: url=http://www.dlitz.net/go/gpgkey/; + id=4B2AFD82FC7D9E3838D9179F1C11B877E7804B45 (2008); + preference=signencrypt +User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) +Status: RO +Content-Length: 3461 +Lines: 78 + + +--YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed +Content-Disposition: inline +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + +Hi Andrew, + +People often ask me what license PyCrypto is covered by, if it's=20 +GPL-compatible, etc. Right now, I'm not really sure what to tell them. =20 +The text in the current LICENSE file (quoted below) is not entirely clear= +=20 +on the point of whether distributing modified versions is allowed. (It=20 +says "distribute and use", but not "modify".) + + =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + Distribute and use freely; there are no restrictions on further + dissemination and usage except those imposed by the laws of your + country of residence. This software is provided "as is" without + warranty of fitness for use or suitability for any purpose, express + or implied. Use at your own risk or not at all. + =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + + Incorporating the code into commercial products is permitted; you do + not have to make source available or contribute your changes back + (though that would be nice). + + --amk (www.amk.ca) + +For the next PyCrypto release, I'd like to take steps to move toward a=20 +clearer licensing regime. I'm asking as many copyright holders as I can=20 +find, starting with you, if I can release PyCrypto under something clearer= +=20 +and more standard. Below, I have quoted a public domain dedication that=20 +was recommended in _Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical=20 +Guide to Protecting Code_, by Van Lindberg. + +May I, on your behalf, dedicate to the public domain your considerable=20 +contributions to PyCrypto, with the following notice? + + =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + The contents of this file are dedicated to the public domain. To the + extent that dedication to the public domain is not available, everyone + is granted a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive license + to exercise all rights associated with the contents of this file for + any purpose whatsoever. No rights are reserved. + =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +Regards, + - Dwayne + +--=20 +Dwayne C. Litzenberger <dlitz@dlitz.net> + Key-signing key - 19E1 1FE8 B3CF F273 ED17 4A24 928C EC13 39C2 5CF7 + Annual key (2008) - 4B2A FD82 FC7D 9E38 38D9 179F 1C11 B877 E780 4B45 + +--YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 +Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" +Content-Description: Digital signature +Content-Disposition: inline + +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) + +iEYEARECAAYFAkko52IACgkQHBG4d+eAS0XPPQCfcyQ2DdAXKg9N7Z+jeSFFD5EZ +yloAn33a3ZjkteyJaTbzEqImOEW8JGpf +=aBEW +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- + +--YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4-- + +From amk@amk.ca Sun Nov 23 07:51:59 2008 +X-Maildir-Dup-Checked: Yes +Return-Path: <amk@amk.ca> +X-Original-To: dwon@rivest.dlitz.net +Delivered-To: dwon@rivest.dlitz.net +Received: from goedel.dlitz.net (unknown [10.159.255.6]) + by rivest.dlitz.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C2C75047D + for <dwon@rivest.dlitz.net>; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:51:59 -0500 (EST) +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by goedel.dlitz.net (Postfix) with QMQP id D632D10111 + for <dwon@rivest.dlitz.net>; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:51:58 -0600 (CST) +Received: (vmailmgr-postfix 12026 invoked by uid 1003); 23 Nov 2008 06:51:58 -0600 +Delivered-To: m-dlitz-dlitz@dlitz.net +Received-SPF: none (goedel.dlitz.net: domain of amk@amk.ca does not designate permitted sender hosts) +Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.7]) + by goedel.dlitz.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97DC710105 + for <dlitz@dlitz.net>; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:51:58 -0600 (CST) +Received: (qmail 3992 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2008 12:51:52 -0000 +Received: from dsl092-163-165.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO localhost) (akuchling@[66.92.163.165]) + (envelope-sender <amk@amk.ca>) + by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP + for <dlitz@dlitz.net>; 23 Nov 2008 12:51:52 -0000 +Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:51:34 -0500 +From: "A.M. Kuchling" <amk@amk.ca> +To: "Dwayne C. Litzenberger" <dlitz@dlitz.net> +Subject: Re: PyCrypto license clarification +Message-ID: <20081123125134.GA21239@amk.local> +Reply-To: amk@amk.ca +References: <20081123051722.GA29253@rivest.dlitz.net> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +Content-Disposition: inline +In-Reply-To: <20081123051722.GA29253@rivest.dlitz.net> +User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) +Status: RO +Content-Length: 537 +Lines: 15 + +> People often ask me what license PyCrypto is covered by, if it's +> GPL-compatible, etc. Right now, I'm not really sure what to tell them. +> The text in the current LICENSE file (quoted below) is not entirely clear +> on the point of whether distributing modified versions is allowed. (It +> says "distribute and use", but not "modify".) + +The intention is that it be public domain. + +> May I, on your behalf, dedicate to the public domain your considerable +> contributions to PyCrypto, with the following notice? + +You may. + +--amk + + |