[cascardo@minaslivre.org: Re: Bug#395961: gabber: Links with GPL-incompatible licensed OpenSSL]
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From: cascardo@minaslivre.org
To: MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop>
Subject: Re: Bug#395961: gabber: Links with GPL-incompatible licensed OpenSSL
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:28:21PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> cascardo@minaslivre.org wrote:
> > Wouldn't it be possible to link to libgnutls instead of libssl? It seems
> > that GNU TLS provides an API compatible with OpenSSL.
>
> The compatible API is part of GNUTLS-EXTRA, which is also GPL. See
> http://josefsson.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gnutls/includes/gnutls/openssl.h?rev=1.20&root=gnupg-mirror&view=auto
>
> Sorry. -- MJR/slef
The intention here is eliminating linking to OpenSSL. That done, not
even Gabber exception would be needed.
Unfortunately, the compatibility layer does not implement the entire
API. There is a good chance this approach will fail without considerate
effort.
I suggest disabling SSL/TLS support in Gabber, if it's possible with a
simple building switch. Since it's an obsolete software and there are
many alternatives, I don't think this will hurt.
Meanwhile, I have tried to build wget with gnutls and, although it has
failed, I could start improving the OpenSSL compatibility support in GNU
TLS. Perhaps that could help some other software that seem to have the
same problema, like mail-notify.
Regards,
Thadeu Cascardo.
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