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Re: Copyright verification needed



On Thursday 28 June 2007 10:28:27 ajdlinux@gmail.com wrote:
> On 6/28/07, Bruno Costacurta <pubmb01@skynet.be> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > porting to GnuTLS is something we'll avoid.
> >
> > About the issues mentioned before,  I can answer and propose :
> >
> > - the actual code implemented a strong separation layer between OpenSSL
> > and Qt
> > (review of code can be made by independent party) thus licenses should
> > not be
> > mixed in their interpretations.
>
> Well, if the FSF is right in their interpretation, this isn't enough.
> As long as a GPL library is linked to anything else, the GPL requires
> that the whole lot be GPL. OpenSSL is not GPL compatible.
>
> > - current license / copyright might be adapted (meaning 'enforced and
> > clarified', not 'relaxed') to answer concerns.
>
> What do you mean?

Well, the project team was thinking about something like 
an 'advertising-special-exception-whatever-clause'.
Something acceptable is a such direction by sirs FSF, GPL and others ? ;-(

Bye,
Bruno

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