Re: SHA, MD, and openssl

[Richard Stallman]

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     > Do users ever install these libraries separately from the major
     > system components?

    I have to ask, does this question make sense any more?

Of course it makes sense.  And it has to be asked, because this is the
condition that the GPL's rule depends on.

Can we argue that OpenSSL normally accompanies Linux?
It seems like a stretch.  Does Android include OpenSSL?
What about the Busybox/Linux system used in many embedded devices,
does that contain OpenSSL?

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