Re: [JXTA user] FW: BouncyCastle IDEA patent

On Feb 21, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Mike [bondolo] Duigou wrote:

> JXTA JSE currently uses only a very small subset of Bouncy Castle  
> which does not include the IDEA cipher algorithm. We are currently  
> using
>
> - PKCS#1 Certificate generation.
> - PKCS#10 Certificate Signing Request generation. (optional)
>
> Note that in order to use these functions it is necessary for us to  
> install the bouncy castle JCE provider which means that  
> applications could access the patented functions. If you know of  
> appropriately licensed alternative code which is limited to only  
> these functions we would be happy to convert as doing so would free  
> us from export control review entirely.

David Jencks pointed out that Geronimo had a similar issue and ended  
up duplicating that function into a separate module geronimo-util  
(allowing Geronimo to remove its dependency on Bouncy Castle).

Would that be an option for you?
--
Jeremy