Re: LYNX-DEV Bug/Limitation? SSL links

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On Mon Jan 12 01:15:31 1998 +0000
           (Pirmadienis, 1998 m. sausio 12 d. 03:15:31 +0200),
  David Woolley wrote:

> > 
> > Hi,
> > I've tried to use Lynx in a situation, but it gives me this error:
> > 
> > "Alert!: This client does not contain support for HTTPS URLs. "
> > 
> > 
> > Will this be solved in the next release?
> 
> No, because it is not a technical problem, but a legal one.  Your email
> address tends to suggest that you are not a person with permanent US
> resident status and in the USA; versions which support https cannot be
> exported to you from the USA.
> 
> Also, within the USA, versions that implement HTTPS must use RSAREF, because
> of patents (the USA has software patents).  RSAREF cannot be supplied royalty
> free to commercial users.  GPLed code cannot be restricted to non-commercial
> users, so it is not legal to distribute SSL Lynx even in the USA.
> 
> There are probably leaked versions, but most people on the list are in the
> USA and couldn't safely give you a reference.  I've never needed it, so I
> haven't bothered looking hard.
...
                Hello,

        I have saw something at ftp.hacktic.nl. You will probably
find many sites if you search.
                                        Cheers,        
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