Re: utmp/wtmp changes from libc5 to libc6
> Are you sure?
No, I'm not. I just read /usr/doc/ssh/copyright.gz. But I'm not sure:).
> As far as I know ssh uses GNU's gmp library. And dpkg -s
> gmp tells me:
> ...
> Programs you build using GNU MP become covered by the GNU
> General Public Licence (GPL) because of the way GNU MP is licensed.
> ...
I'd really really like that if that is true. (Are you sure:)?
Then ssh really is GPL, and the ssh copyright violates the GPL!
But reading more of the /usr/doc/ssh/copyright.gz file, I see:
> Some of the source code aggregated with this distribution is licensed by
> third parties under different terms, so the restrictions above may not
> apply to such components.
[..]
> The GNU Multiple Precision Library, included in this release and linked
> into the executable, is distributed under the GNU Library Public License.
> A copy can be found in gmp-2.0/COPYING.LIB.
So, it looks like you indeed are right. Lovely!
<not-serious>
about to file a bugreport against ssh, saying that it's copyright
file should be changed to just a simple GPL file!
</not-serious>
> >> I've had a look at the code, and it seems that I can replace the utmp
> >>writing
> >> code in ssh with a call to pututline().
> >>
> >> Presumably that fixes the utmp problem you mentioned.
> >
> >
> >That may cause a licence problem:
> >
> > (c) You may build derived versions of this software under the restrictions
> > stated in Section 2, Restrictions, of this license. The derived versions
> > must be clearly marked as such and must be called by a name other than SSH
> > or F-Secure SSH. SSH and F-Secure SSH are trademarks of SSH Communications
> > Security and Data Fellows.
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