Re: [boost] Is the Md5 license compatible with Boost?

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-15 15:22:00

Henrik Sundberg wrote:
> 2007/3/15, David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>:
>> on Thu Feb 15 2007, "Henrik Sundberg" <storangen-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Found this Boost::Md5: http://www.garret.ru/~baranov/boost_md5/lib/md5/md5.html
>>>
>>> Is this going to be a part of Boost?
>>> Is the Md5 license ok for Boost at all?
>> AFAIK we're not accepting new libraries unless they use the Boost
>> license.
> 
> I was thinking of the license of the algorithm itself, in my second
> question. Can anyone implement Md5 under the Boost license?

Sure anyone can implement it with a Boost license... Just as long as 
they don't refer to the RSA code and implement it from the RFC like 
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmd5-rfc/>

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