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Re: linking to libssl makes non free?



On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 04:04:20PM -0400, sean finney wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 02:24:44PM -0400, Jiann-Ming Su wrote:
> > But, OpenSSL's FAQ seems to address this: 
> > 
> >   http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#LEGAL2

> yes, but debian has taken a slightly more conservative view, because
> openssl is not considered part of the "Operating System" but just
> another piece of software,

Rather, the issue is that you don't get the OS exemption if what you're
distributing is an OS.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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