At 12:11 PM 4/23/2007, Simon Josefsson wrote:
Given what people have said about NTT's intentions in this area, it
may be worthwhile to pursue and ask them to provide a better patent
license that would guarantee that Camellia can be used freely. But
that is a separate problem, and not related to OpenPGP. Until there
is a good license available, I would be against anything more than a
informational reference in the OpenPGP document.
In this regard it might be worth noting this:
http://www.ntt.co.jp/news/news06e/0604/060413a.html
"Hereafter, however, in accordance with an agreement between NTT and
Mitsubishi,
Camellia essential patents can be used at no charge by any Camellia
user without
concluding such royalty-free licensing agreement hereafter."
So it appears that you don't need a license, somewhat like the situation
with IBM and DES.
-mjm