Re: compatibility of OpenSSL and GPL'ed plugins

[MJ Ray <mjr@dsl.pipex.com>]

On 2004-07-16 00:11:52 +0100 Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> wrote:

> Let's consider a program, released under a MIT/X11 license and linked
> with OpenSSL. Some GPL'ed plugins (which are dlopen'ed at run time) 
> are
> distributed with the program.
> Is distribution of this package a GPL violation?

Let's consider what program?

As I understand it, there's unlikely to be a problem unless the 
originally GPL'd plugins are accessing the OpenSSL library's functions 
and data structures and even that looks like a lawyerbomb rather than 
certain. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html might help you, or 
licensing@gnu.org if there's a GNU package involved.

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