Hi all,
We explicitly exclude the "International Data Encryption Algorithm" (IDEA) in a few Fedora packages (bouncycastle, opengpg, ?) due to its patent issues. Recently it occurred to me that this patent [1] may actually have been expired by now. There is some debate in the wikipedia's discussion page about this topic [2]. From what I understand, the general perception is that the US patent expired in May 2011.
Could you please check this? When is it possible to have the IDEA in Fedora?
Thanks, Orcan
[1] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Data_Encryption_Algorithm
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
Hi all,
We explicitly exclude the "International Data Encryption Algorithm" (IDEA) in a few Fedora packages (bouncycastle, opengpg, ?) due to its patent issues. Recently it occurred to me that this patent [1] may actually have been expired by now. There is some debate in the wikipedia's discussion page about this topic [2]. From what I understand, the general perception is that the US patent expired in May 2011.
Could you please check this? When is it possible to have the IDEA in Fedora?
Thanks,
Hi, I was wondering if somebody had a chance to investigate this problem but then forgot to reply to the thread due to the time spent on celebrations of finding the solution.
Thanks, Orcan
On 10/19/2011 07:52 PM, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
Hi all,
We explicitly exclude the "International Data Encryption Algorithm" (IDEA) in a few Fedora packages (bouncycastle, opengpg, ?) due to its patent issues. Recently it occurred to me that this patent [1] may actually have been expired by now. There is some debate in the wikipedia's discussion page about this topic [2]. From what I understand, the general perception is that the US patent expired in May 2011.
Could you please check this? When is it possible to have the IDEA in Fedora?
Thanks,
Hi, I was wondering if somebody had a chance to investigate this problem but then forgot to reply to the thread due to the time spent on celebrations of finding the solution.
This issue is under review.
~tom
== Fedora Project
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Tom Callaway wrote:
On 10/19/2011 07:52 PM, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
Hi all,
We explicitly exclude the "International Data Encryption Algorithm" (IDEA) in a few Fedora packages (bouncycastle, opengpg, ?) due to its patent issues. Recently it occurred to me that this patent [1] may actually have been expired by now. There is some debate in the wikipedia's discussion page about this topic [2]. From what I understand, the general perception is that the US patent expired in May 2011.
Could you please check this? When is it possible to have the IDEA in Fedora?
Thanks,
Hi, I was wondering if somebody had a chance to investigate this problem but then forgot to reply to the thread due to the time spent on celebrations of finding the solution.
This issue is under review.
Hi, is there any update? We now passed the most conservative possible expiration date listed in wikipedia (2012-01-07). Can we consider this safe now?
Thanks, Orcan
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Tom Callaway