1This file is part of the ssh software, Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen, Finland 2 3 4COPYING POLICY AND OTHER LEGAL ISSUES 5 6As far as I am concerned, the code I have written for this software 7can be used freely for any purpose. Any derived versions of this 8software must be clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is 9incompatible with the protocol description in the RFC file, it must be 10called by a name other than "ssh" or "Secure Shell". 11 12However, I am not implying to give any licenses to any patents or 13copyrights held by third parties, and the software includes parts that 14are not under my direct control. As far as I know, all included 15source code is used in accordance with the relevant license agreements 16and can be used freely for any purpose (the GNU license being the most 17restrictive); see below for details. 18 19[ RSA is no longer included. ] 20[ IDEA is no longer included. ] 21[ DES is now external. ] 22[ GMP is now external. No more GNU licence. ] 23[ Zlib is now external. ] 24[ The make-ssh-known-hosts script is no longer included. ] 25[ TSS has been removed. ] 26[ MD5 is now external. ] 27[ RC4 support has been removed (RC4 is used internally for arc4random). ] 28[ Blowfish is now external. ] 29 30The 32-bit CRC implementation in crc32.c is due to Gary S. Brown. 31Comments in the file indicate it may be used for any purpose without 32restrictions. 33 34The 32-bit CRC compensation attack detector in deattack.c was 35contributed by CORE SDI S.A. under a BSD-style license. See 36http://www.core-sdi.com/english/ssh/ for details. 37 38Note that any information and cryptographic algorithms used in this 39software are publicly available on the Internet and at any major 40bookstore, scientific library, and patent office worldwide. More 41information can be found e.g. at "http://www.cs.hut.fi/crypto". 42 43The legal status of this program is some combination of all these 44permissions and restrictions. Use only at your own responsibility. 45You will be responsible for any legal consequences yourself; I am not 46making any claims whether possessing or using this is legal or not in 47your country, and I am not taking any responsibility on your behalf. 48 49 50 NO WARRANTY 51 52BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY 53FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN 54OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES 55PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED 56OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 57MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS 58TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE 59PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, 60REPAIR OR CORRECTION. 61 62IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING 63WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR 64REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, 65INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING 66OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED 67TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY 68YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER 69PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE 70POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 71