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[DusteDdk]

Thank you for this code! It is much appreciated!
I'd like to know under which license it may be used.
A commented out header describing the license would be ideal.

Best Regards

[JacobChrist]

This is a great question and the code seems to be a bit neglected. There are some very active forks, and I wonder what there licensing is. Any changes I would consider BSD/MIT/Apache style. What ever is least restrictive. GPL is a bad as copyright IMHO.

[reissmann]

Same question. I'd love to use this code in one of my projects, but I need to know under which license it may be used.

[reissmann]

Is it possible to use the code unter BSD/MIT/ISC License or do I need to find another lib for my project? :)

I (and many others) take license requirements really seriously. I think this is a good thing, especially in case of opensource, where it is actually possible for others to just use code from other people. So, if you posted this lib on github for others to benefit, a license statement would really help. Otherwise, people have to assume that it is explicitely your copyright and not possible to reuse in opensource projects.

If you are not good at license questions, but just want to give this code to others as long as you are mentioned as the author and never blamed for anything, ISC license is quite elegant. There are of course other licenses (like GPL), which go some steps further ...

[daknuett]

Well I am pretty sure that this project is dead.

I suggest to rewrite the library under the terms of, for instance, the GNU LGPL.

I currently do not have the time to do this on my own ( maybe I don't have the time to contribute at all).

[daknuett]

How old/common is the ISC license? It doesn't seem bad, but I am no lawyer.

Maybe choosing a well known license means less trouble.

[JacobChrist]

Theee maybe presidance that if this is abandoned then it is public domain. IANAL Jacob On Apr 26, 2017 9:29 PM, "Daniel Knuettel" <notifications@github.com> wrote: How old/common is the ISC license? It doesn't seem bad, but I am no lawyer. Maybe choosing a well known license means less trouble. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#9 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAMGa89dy6gq-_4NnM1XoPHlIND7bn2kks5r0BmhgaJpZM4Fa0N-> .

[daknuett]

I have a rewrite of this project here: https://github.com/daknuett/cryptosuite2
(I started working on it because of this issue).

It has a proper defined license. Feel free to move.