RE: Bug#147668: base-files: please include the OpenSSL license
On Tue, 21 May 2002, Adam Conrad wrote:
[tpo wrote:]
> >
> > Since so many packages are linking against OpenSSL now, please include
> > the OpenSSL license in common-licenses [1]). OpenSSL is currently
> > ranking as 24th most depended on package (dependencies basically from
> > woody):
>
> Err... But it's not a "common" license, since no package other than
> OpenSSL uses it. (And no other package will EVER use it, given its very
> specific wording.)
Errm. Aehm. You're right. I though that all the packages linking against
openssl will either have to include the license file or refer to it, but
they can also refer to /usr/share/doc/openssl/copyright for the entire
license.
I'm withdrawing my bugreport and proposal. Thanks for giving me a clue,
Adam...
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