Editing Camellia (cipher) (section)

== Patent status ==
Although Camellia is patented, it is available under a royalty-free license.<ref>
{{cite press release
 | title = Announcement of Royalty-free Licenses for Essential Patents of NTT Encryption and Digital Signature Algorithms
 | publisher = NTT
 | date = 2001-04-17
 | url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211224122533if_/ntt.co.jp/news/news01e/0104/010417.html
}}</ref>  This has allowed the Camellia cipher to become part of the [[OpenSSL]] Project, under an [[open-source license]], since November 2006.<ref>
{{cite press release
 | title = The Open Source Community OpenSSL Project Adopts the Next Generation International Standard Cipher "Camellia" Developed in Japan
 | publisher = NTT
 | date = 2006-11-08
 | url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181107132324if_/ntt.co.jp/news/news06e/0611/061108a.html
}}</ref> It has also allowed it to become part of the Mozilla's [[Network Security Services|NSS]] (Network Security Services) module.<ref name="firefox"/>