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diff --git a/meta/files/common-licenses/SSH-OpenSSH b/meta/files/common-licenses/SSH-OpenSSH new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..35a5c8c829 --- /dev/null +++ b/meta/files/common-licenses/SSH-OpenSSH @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +* 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. |