On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 03:23:44PM +0000, Brian M. Carlson wrote: > > been mailing with the developers of monit. They asked if was okay for "Debian" > > to add add this to the license: > > """ > > This program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that > > compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed. > > """ > > > > Would this be sufficient for Debian? > > Well, it depends on what you mean by "Debian". Debian cannot add > anything to the license; only the copyright holders can do so. If you > meant that this was a license only for Debian, that program would go in > non-free. DFSG 8 prohibits Debian-specific licenses. *But that aside*, > that license is free. I think you're overparsing his words. If the language he specifically marked out is added to the license, *everyone* is allowed to link the work with OpenSSL. I think his question is just shorthand for "will you guys sprinkle the holy water over this?". We can't expect everyone to know how our license-vetting system works. -- G. Branden Robinson | The only way to get rid of a Debian GNU/Linux | temptation is to yield to it. branden@debian.org | -- Oscar Wilde http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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