[boost] Including open source, non-copyright, no warranty in a boost library

Subject: [boost] Including open source, non-copyright, no warranty in a boost library
From: James E. King, III (jking_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-09-23 21:43:29

Hello, I'm working on refactoring boost::uuids::name_generator to have a
configurable hash algorithm through a template concept.  RFC 4122 allows
for two hashing algorithms, MD5 and SHA1.  The current implementation only
does SHA1, however I want to add MD5 for completeness (and I want to
prepare for the eventual successor to SHA1 in the next RFC for UUID).

I found an open source MD5 implementation of RFC 1321 at the following
location and I was wondering if there are rules against bringing it into
boost as a detail implementation?

http://openwall.info/wiki/people/solar/software/public-domain-source-code/md5

Thanks,

Jim