On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 12:34:33PM -0400, Mark Horn wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but the GPL says that no one can *release* > a copy of hpoj linked to OpenSSL. They can certainly use hpoj linked > to OpenSSL. Of course, that doesn't help you as the guy who is trying > to package up hpoj for debian. But if I want to link hpoj to OpenSSL, > there's nothing in my reading of the GPL that prevents me. I simply > can't release any such code to anyone else. > > Or have I misread the GPL? You are correct, and you have not misread the GPL. As you noted, this fact doesn't do a lot for Debian though, as our distribution of binary packages could be considered contributory infringment by litigious copyright holders of GPLed software. -- G. Branden Robinson | The software said it required Debian GNU/Linux | Windows 3.1 or better, so I branden@debian.org | installed Linux. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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