license.txt

lots Elliptic curve cryptography codes. Use Visual c++ to compile

Compilation Copyright (c) 1995-2009 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.

The following files are copyrighted by their respective original authors,
and their use is subject to additional licenses included in these files.

mars.cpp - Copyright 1998 Brian Gladman.

All other 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

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