[pkg-bacula-devel] SHA1 implementation by Steve Reid
Florian Weimer
fw at deneb.enyo.de
Thu Nov 9 21:48:38 UTC 2017
* Carsten Leonhardt:
>> 1. What is wrong with the current SHA1 code/license? For me the
>> license is very much like a BSD license and I don't see a problem with
>> it on the license stand point.
>
> AFAIR the problem is that the RFC is not to be modified, and the code
> came as part of the RFC, so falls under the same restriction, right?
>
> The files in question can be reviewed here:
> http://www.bacula.org/git/cgit.cgi/bacula/tree/bacula/src/lib/sha1.c
> http://www.bacula.org/git/cgit.cgi/bacula/tree/bacula/src/lib/sha1.h
The intent at the time was that modification and distribution of
modified versions were prohibit. The Bacula version clearly has been
modified (at least in a minor way, didn't check further). I'm
surprised that upstream doesn't see that.
The code has since been republished as RFC 6234:
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6234>
This time, there is a provision for extract of code parts:
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