[PATCH 1/5] PowerPC optimized routines for AES and SHA2 using PowerISA

[Shawn Landden]

09.07.2019, 16:05, "Werner Koch" <wk at gnupg.org>:
> Hi!
>
> On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 09:58, shawn at git.icu said:
>
>>  From CRYPTOGAMS https://www.openssl.org/~appro/cryptogams/
>
> I had a quick look at the license and I can't see that this license
> allows the inclusuon int Libcgrypt which is available under the GNU
> LGPL.
>
>   Copyright (c) 2006-2017, CRYPTOGAMS by <appro at openssl.org>
>   All rights reserved.
>
> The copyright line does not seem to identify a holder of the copyright.
> Weel, unless "CRYPTOGAMS by <appro at openssl.org>" is a legal entity.
>
>   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
>   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
>   met:
>
>   * Redistributions of source code must retain copyright notices, this
>     list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>
>   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
>     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
>
>   * Neither the name of the CRYPTOGAMS nor the names of its copyright
>     holder and contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
>     derived from this software without specific prior written
>     permission.
>
> This looks like a standard BSD licese but I didn't checked it.
No, this does not require attribution. It is not the dreaded old OpenSSL license. You are looking right at it,
and it does not have the line you are imagining, which looks like this:

3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
   must display the following acknowledgement:
   This product includes software developed by the Reagents of The University of California, Berkeley.
>
>   ALTERNATIVELY, provided that this notice is retained in full, this
>   product may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
>   License (GPL), in which case the provisions of the GPL apply INSTEAD
>   OF those given above.
>
> Problems with this: It allows only GNU GPL, does not provide a version
> of it, and seems to be invalidating itself because it adds a further
> restriction to the GPL, namely that "this notice is retained in full".
> Anyway GPL is too restrictive for Libgcrypt.
>
> Whether we can exceptionally add BSD code needs to be discussed but has
> the very practical problem that all users of Libcgrypt need to update all
> their documentation to include the required statements and copyright
> notices for the BSD license.
>
> I am sorry for these bad news and I hope a solution can be found.
> Either by removing all OpenSSL code or by asking the original author to
> change to a better usable and more standard license.
>
> Shalom-Salam,
>
>    Werner
>
> --
> Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz.

-- 
Shawn Landden