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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: OpenSSL and ECC patents (was Re: Mesa in F37- vaapi support disabled for h264/h265/vc1)
From:       Simo Sorce <simo () redhat ! com>
Date:       2022-09-28 12:31:24
Message-ID: f0e03389e62fe5df5d9ab31decf71b4bec48e9fc.camel () redhat ! com
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On Wed, 2022-09-28 at 14:21 +0200, Neal Gompa wrote:
> I'm (personally, though IANAL) of the opinion that the hobbling of
> crypto libraries is probably no longer necessary and can be retired
> entirely. The method of producing the stripped sources is
> reproducible, so from our guidelines perspective, it's fine. But I do
> think it's probably obsolete, and I hope Red Hat Legal concurs.

Just FYI,
we are working towards removing hobbling and replacing with compilation
switches that clearly and permanently disable questionable material in
the binaries.

It is just not a very high priority item because the hobbling works
fine but we will get there, and hopefully we'll get to a point where we
do not need to disable as much stuff either.

But no promises right now, resources are what they are and we are not
aware of actual issues caused by hobbling.

Simo.

-- 
Simo Sorce
RHEL Crypto Team
Red Hat, Inc


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