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Re: GnuTLS in Debian



Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org> writes:
> Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org> schrieb:

>> #5 Declare GMP to be a system library.

> (..)

>> #5 was how Fedora looked at the OpenSSL library issue. Since Debian
>> has another viewpoint on OpenSSL I somehow doubt we would use it for
>> GMP.

> We should do that (and also reevaluate the position wrt OpenSSL) by
> running it by the Software Freedom Law Center. 

> Red Hat has real lawyers who looked into the issue, we should do the
> same.

I'm inclined to agree, since the relief and advantages of not having to
worry about OpenSSL linked with GPL code are extremely substantial.  That
would be a nice wall to stop beating our heads against.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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