Re: RES: What makes software copyrightable anyway?
> > Which can occur if anyone redistributes any of the I_WANT_OPENSSL
> > debian packages.
On 5/20/05, Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net> wrote:
> No, most likely even that would be fine. Since Debian packages are
> intended to be used with Debian, and Debian ships OpenSSL, third parties
> get to use the GPL's exception for things distributed with the operating
> system. [Debian, of course, can't use this because it doesn't apply if
> the binary is distributed with those things].
That works only if they don't distribute libssl with it.
For example, putting a quaga w/openssl .deb in a general purpose
"local mirror" would be a problem, probably giving it to someone on
an install dvd would be a problem, but building a copy for a friend
(and nothing more) wouldn't be.
But you're right that that exception will be valid in some cases.
--
Raul
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