Re: [pkcs11] Groups - PKCS #11 V2.30 header files uploaded

[Wan-Teh Chang <wtc@google.com>]

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Robert Griffin <robert.griffin@rsa.com> wrote:
>
> Submitter's message
> HI -
>
> In association with submission of the PKCS #11 V2.30 specification,
> RSA submits the PKCS #11 V2.30 header files to the OASIS PKCS 11
> Technical Committee. To the best of my knowledge, this contribution
> does not contain any Essential Claims or claims that might become
> Essential Claims upon approval of an OASIS Standards Final Deliverable.

Hi Bob,

The PKCS #11 V2.30 header files you submitted contain the same license
used in the v2.20 header files:

/* License to copy and use this software is granted provided that it is
 * identified as "RSA Security Inc. PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface
 * (Cryptoki)" in all material mentioning or referencing this software.

 * License is also granted to make and use derivative works provided that
 * such works are identified as "derived from the RSA Security Inc. PKCS #11
 * Cryptographic Token Interface (Cryptoki)" in all material mentioning or
 * referencing the derived work.

 * RSA Security Inc. makes no representations concerning either the
 * merchantability of this software or the suitability of this software for
 * any particular purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied
 * warranty of any kind.
 */

This license is believed to be incompatible with the GPL. As a result,
the NSS project is still using PKCS #11 header files derived from an
old version licensed to Netscape, and some GNU projects produced
their own clean-room version of the PKCS #11 header files.

As the copyright owner of these header files, RSA is in the best
position to re-license the header files. I'd like to request that RSA
re-license the header files under the Revised BSD license.

Thanks,
Wan-Teh Chang