On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 05:43:48PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > I cannot[1] release new Nessus[2] packages because the upstream GPLed code has > switched to using OpenSSL. Sadly, the parts of Nessus that are LGPL don't > link to OpenSSL, yet those that are GPL do. :/ > > So I was wondering, where can I find a suitable license text that would have > to be added to the Nessus license in order to fully legalize linking to > OpenSSL? I would forward this to the upstream author for ratification. I suggest following the model in /usr/share/doc/apt/copyright. I particularly recommend preserving the sunset clause (adjusting the date, of course), so as to hopefully motivate one of the parties to budge on this issue. Preferably OpenSSL. -- G. Branden Robinson | I am sorry, but what you have Debian GNU/Linux | mistaken for malicious intent is branden@debian.org | nothing more than sheer http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | incompetence! -- J. L. Rizzo II
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