Re: OpenSSL 3.0 - Apache 2.0 vs GPL 2 (Re: Bug#995636: transition: openssl)
On 2021-10-05 20:03:49 [+0200], Michael Biebl wrote:
> Hi Kurt, hi Luca, hi everyone,
Hi Michael,
> That said, I'm not a lawyer and reading license texts hurts my brain.
> So my goal is is mainly to raise awareness of this issue and seek input from
> the community.
GPL code which linked against OpenSSL usually has a "gpl-exception
clause for OpenSSL". This should be still accepted since it refers
specifically to OpenSSL.
Additionally OpenSSL is considered system library, see
https://bugs.debian.org/951780
https://bugs.debian.org/972181
> Regards,
> Michael
Sebastian
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