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GPLv3 compatible with OpenSSL?



Hi,

Is GPLv3 compatible with the OpenSSL license?  According to Wikipedia [1],
the OpenSSL license clauses that were problematic for GPLv2...

    3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
       software must display the following acknowledgment:
       "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
       for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)"

    6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following
       acknowledgment:
       "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
       for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)"

might be permitted by GPLv3 section 7:

      Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, for material you
    add to a covered work, you may (if authorized by the copyright holders of
    that material) supplement the terms of this License with terms:

        b) Requiring preservation of specified reasonable legal notices or
        author attributions in that material or in the Appropriate Legal
        Notices displayed by works containing it; or

        d) Limiting the use for publicity purposes of names of licensors or
        authors of the material; or

        e) Declining to grant rights under trademark law for use of some
        trade names, trademarks, or service marks; or

The reason I'm asking is ossec-hids [2], a GPLv3 package that includes
some (probably replaceable) OpenSSL code.

[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSL#License_incompatibilities>
[2] <http://www.ossec.net/>

Thanks,

Matej



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