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> Specifically regarding the patent grants (of which there are three on http://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/ocb/license.htm: open source, non-military, and OpenSSL) they would appear at first glance to cover OpenBSD. All three in fact. The problem is that this then creates a trap for anyone taking OpenBSD and using it to build something to sell to a military. Suddenly they are no longer protected; we prefer not to incorporate anything that can create such traps.

How so? As far as I can tell, the "open source" grant, covers everything under a BSD license (among other licenses) -- and holds no provision for "military use". I don't see how anyone using the [ed: algorithm, not code] under license 1, could become subject to license 3?



People take OpenBSD and turn it into not open source products all the time. For a more famous example, FreeBSD is at the core of the Playstation OS, but it's no longer open source.




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