Re: monit: GPL and OpenSSL..

[Glenn Maynard <g_deb@zewt.org>]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 12:42:16PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > """
> > This program is  released under the GPL with the additional exemption that
> > compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed.
> > """
> 
> > Would this be sufficient for Debian?
> 
> The above doesn't actually add anything to the rights already granted by
> the GPL.  The specific permission that's missing is *redistribution* of
> binaries linked against OpenSSL, so that's what their exemption needs to
> say.

You might check

   http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/debian-legal-200207/msg00454.html

for some more thorough language that I believe there were no objections to.

-- 
Glenn Maynard