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Re: no surprise - Sun fails to open source the crypto part of Java
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Lloyd)
Sat May 12 17:06:31 2007
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 16:05:17 -0400
From: Jack Lloyd <lloyd@randombit.net>
To: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
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On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 04:42:47PM +0200, Ian G wrote:
> They also involve some elements of sound and cryptography,
> said Tom Marble, Sun's OpenJDK ambassador. "We have already
> contacted the copyright holders. We were unable to negotiate
> release under an open-source license," Marble said.
I believe at least some versions of Java used RSADSI's JSAFE for the
low-level crypto code, which would explain why that portion of it
wasn't included.
-Jack
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