Crypt::IDEA, as a module, is freely usable under the same terms as Perl
itself. However, the IDEA cipher itself may or may not be restricted
under patent, depending on where you reside and where the application is
running.
Details and further information may be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Data_Encryption_Algorithm#Availability
Kindest Regards,
-dsp
On 2/13/2012 7:24 PM, Bob Stockdale via RT wrote:
Show quoted text> Mon Feb 13 14:24:00 2012: Request 74963 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by STOCKS
> Queue: Crypt-IDEA
> Subject: What is the license of Crypt::IDEA
> Broken in: 1.08
> Severity: Normal
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: STOCKS@cpan.org
> Status: new
> Ticket<URL:
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=74963>
>
>
> What is the license for using this module? I was not able to find any licensing information on the
> module's CPAN page.
>
> Could you please let me know the license and provide a link to the license file. It would be great
> if this could also be specified in the Makefile.pl so it appears on this page:
>
>
http://search.cpan.org/~dparis/Crypt-IDEA-1.08/
>
> Thanks!
> -Bob
