Re: OpenSSL license incompatibility
Has anyone "VIP" of Debian written the openssl developers about the issue? I
can't believe they would be *totally* unwilling to remove the advertising
clause..?
The OpenSSL FAQ states that:
"If you develop open source software that uses OpenSSL, you may find it useful
to choose an other license than the GPL, or state explicitly that "This
program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that
compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed."
The way I understand it, this is wrong: you can't simply add a new clause like
that to GPL, as you couldn't then compile *your* software against *other*
GPL'd stuff.
- Jarno
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