key: cryptopp
short_name: Crypto++ License
name: Crypto++ License
category: Permissive
owner: Wei Dai
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-cryptopp
ignorable_copyrights:
  - Copyright (c) 1995-2010 by Wei Dai
ignorable_holders:
  - Wei Dai
text: |
  Compilation Copyright (c) 1995-2010 by Wei Dai. All rights reserved.

  This copyright applies only to this software distribution package as a
  compilation, and does not imply a copyright on any particular file in the
  package.

  All individual files in this compilation are placed in the public domain by Wei
  Dai and other contributors. I would like to thank the following authors for
  placing their works into the public domain:

  Joan Daemen - 3way.cpp Leonard Janke - cast.cpp, seal.cpp Steve Reid - cast.cpp
  Phil Karn - des.cpp Andrew M. Kuchling - md2.cpp, md4.cpp Colin Plumb - md5.cpp
  Seal Woods - rc6.cpp Chris Morgan - rijndael.cpp Paulo Baretto - rijndael.cpp,
  skipjack.cpp, square.cpp Richard De Moliner - safer.cpp Matthew Skala -
  twofish.cpp Kevin Springle - camellia.cpp, shacal2.cpp, ttmac.cpp, whrlpool.cpp,
  ripemd.cpp

  Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this compilation for any
  purpose, including commercial applications, is hereby granted without fee,
  subject to the following restrictions:

  1. Any copy or modification of this compilation in any form, except in object
  code form as part of an application software, must include the above copyright
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  to Wei Dai will be considered public domain and not copyrighted unless it
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  software in this compilation will be error-free, and Wei Dai is under no
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  If this compilation is used in object code form in an application software,
  acknowledgement of the author is not required but would be appreciated. The
  contribution of any useful modifications or extensions to Wei Dai is not
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