Why the OpenSSL license can't change

Posted Mar 24, 2017 23:42 UTC (Fri) by eay (guest, #114767)
In reply to: Why the OpenSSL license can't change by foom
Parent article: PostgreSQL, OpenSSL, and the GPL

When the RSA patent existed, software patents did not apply to Australia, but
contributory patent infringement did.
https://www.wadesonip.com.au/patent-attorney-services/pat...

As for 'weapons', Australian law, at the time, only applied to software that was being sold, not distributed for free, unlike the USA.

eric (going back into lurking mode :-)