[Bug 597984] Re: Some patents have expired but still openssl package does not support them.

[Adrien Nader]

Camellia is available IIRC although it is going away. IDEA already went
away in real-world scenarios (but it might be available anyway) and
MDC-2 is something I hadn't heard of before now.

I'm marking this as Invalid because there is no single Status meaningful
here since this mentions three different algorithms and three different
tickets would therefore be needed to properly express the outcome.

** Changed in: openssl (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  Some patents have expired but still openssl package does not support
  them.

Status in openssl package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: openssl

  Is it possible to recompile openssl and libssl with enable-IDEA
  enable-mdc2 and enable-camellia

  because:

  In http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html:

  FYI: Patent numbers and expiry dates of US patents: MDC-2: 4,908,861
  13/03/2007 IDEA: 5,214,703 25/05/2010 RC5: 5,724,428 03/03/2015

  therefore:

  mdc-2 and IDEA patents expired.

  Additionally the cipher "Camellia":

  Royalty Free   ===>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_(cipher)

  NTT and Mitsubishi have patents and pending patents on the Camellia
   algorithm, but allow use at no charge without requiring an explicit
   licensing agreement: http://info.isl.ntt.co.jp/crypt/eng/info/chiteki.html

  In Fedora 13 "Camellia" is enable in default openssl package.

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