Re: IDEA licensing vs RSA licensing (Re: What do we have to do

[lutz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Lutz Donnerhacke)]

* Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
>A very basic reason: SHOULD is only for things that are strongly desired by
>all implementations. If we have a strong algorithm for a MUST and another
>strong algorithm for a SHOULD, I see no point to tossing another SHOULD in.
>Many developers try to implement all SHOULD-level specs, and this would
>cause needless software bloat with little definable benefit.

So IDEA as SHOULD would guarantee backward compatibility? Fine. I'd prefer
MUST, but I see the problem.

>And, again, I would strongly lobby against any MAY list. A list of IDs for
>all known algorithms identifiers is enough.

That's a MAY list.