Re: GPL-licensed packages with depend-chain to OpenSSL
* Anthony DeRobertis:
>> Probably distribution. If you distribute just the OpenSSL of curl
>> version, it's rather clear that you intent that all applications
>> linking against curl also link against OpenSSL.
>
> So, if we were to compile it against a curl-nossl, that'd be fine. But
> if we then distribute with curl-ssl, that suddenly changes things?
If curl-ssl is a replacement for curl-nossl that is not installed by
default, I don't see a problem.
> That sounds quite like "plac[ing] restrictions on other software that
> is distributed along with the licensed software."
If curl-ssl is linked to GPLed programs by default, it's not mere
aggregation.
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